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child’s way is a publication of the National Spiri-

tual Assembly of the Baha’is of the United States.

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for the five to twelve year old child and strives to:

= develop the child’s awareness of the oneness of humanity

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= provide a standard by which the child may learn to relate to others with love and justice

= assist parents and teachers in developing all of the child’s hidden talents and virtues

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Rita Leydon, Janet Richards, Keith Boehme. Editor: Mary K. Radpour

Art Direction: Rita Leydon

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Printed in the U.S.A.

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Dear Children,

Can you imagine? This entire issue of Child’s Way has been done by children! If you didn’t send us anything for this special issue, won’t you start thinking now about what you can write or draw or explain for us? We would love to have your creative projects!

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ie you Eediim-

About the cover: This is a model- ing clay construction done by Rita Leydon, it was photographed for reproduction by Bob Harris. With this full color cover Child’s Way celebrates reaching its goal of be- ing on time for our subscribers. Thank you for being so patient.

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[Page 1]WHATS mm What’s Inside? Letters From Our Friends S = oe = His Holiness ’Abdu’l-Baha © and the Children translated by Ladan Strain

e Friendships Did ’Abdu’l-Baha like Mice children? Find out on a poem by Matt Balsam page A, My Baha’i Life

Puzzle Page by Laura MacLachlan New Jersey Baha’i Children’s

Conference Eeeeeeeek! Who likes a photo essay mice? I do! See why The Three Mushrooms on page 7. . a story by Juliet Carson Some Silly Group Games and Logic Puzzles by Laura MacLachlan A Letter from Robin What's a Children’s by Robin, with Conference? Check it June Bollan out on page 10. The Goodness of Love

by Harold Ostovar Baha’i Administration Let’s Make Bread a craft activity by Can mushrooms talk? Rita Leydon Fly in airpfanes? Visit God and the Kingdoms fi ‘ by Janna Hoffman aze 4 apoem by Colleen Lavery % What isa Good Parent? Parents’ Page by children Back Cover: Shrine of the Bab by BenjamirkMogitz, age 5

Illustration credits: pg. 5, Rita Leydon pg. 6, top, Brillana Chol pg. 6, bottom, Jennifer pg. 7, Krispin Leydon, ag pg. 8, Rita Leydon

pgs. 14-17, Juliet Carson, age 7 pgs. 18-19, John Solarz

pg. 21, Rita Leydon

pgs. 22-23, Linda Orlando

pgs. 24-27, Elizabeth Filstrup pg. 30, Judith Hennesy

pg. 31, Ginny Mair Harry

ge 7 tgomery, age 10 almost 4

N ON [Page 2]Le I BER Fr SUR FRIENES

Dear Child’s Way,

I have a lot of Child’s Way books. I have a next door neighbor and her name is Theresa Kim. She is my best friend. She wrote a letter to Child’s Way. I like Child’s Way very much.

Love, Melanie Grant, age 71%

Dear Child’s Way,

I am not a Baha’f, but my next door neighbour is a Baha’i. In my com- petition, I got the highest points. I was very proud of myself. The Baha’is are very friendly. LOVE IS SPECIAL TO BAHA’IS.

i Theresa Kim, age 7

Dear Children,

Since the friends from whom we get letters are usually children, we thought this month you would like to hear what the mothers sometimes write to Child’s Way. After all, this is your issue!

Love, your editor

Dear Editor,

... Several years ago I looked through copies of Child’s Way (before I was married) and found it to be interesting, but unattractive in layout and artwork. This issue (July 1979) is simply lovely. The layout is professional, beautiful to look at and the artwork, I think, is top-rate. The stories are excellent. It’s so well done, I plan to share it with my many non-Baha’i friends who have children... . I found the essays printed by Baha’i children very inspiring!

I thank you with my heart for such a dignified, spiritual, uplifting child’s magazine. I wish more parents could see how Child’s Way has be- come more beautiful in every way!

Thank you, Anni Yazdani [Page 3]

Krispin Leydon, almost 4, from Lahaska, Pennsylvania, sends us this sturdy elephant.

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Dearly Loved Co-Workers in His Cause,

After reading the Parents’ Page in the May-June 1979 issue, concerning parenting handicapped children, (which had a great impact on our entire family) the following Tablet of ’Abdu’l-Baha came to light while reading from the Selections from the Writings of "Abdu’l-Baha:

“O thou possessor of a seeing heart! Although, materially speaking, tbou art deprived of physical sight, yet, praise be to God, spiritual insight is tbine. Thy heart seeth and thy spirit heareth. Bodily sight is subject to a thousand maladies and assuredly will ultimately be lost. Thus no impor- tance should be attached to it. But the sigbt of the heart is illumined. It discerneth and discovereth the divine kingdom. It is everlasting and eternal. Praise God, therefore, that the sigbht of thy heart ıs illumined, and the hearing of thy mind responsive ...”

As to your adult readership, as one of those “eight-year old Baha’is... running around in a 30 year old body,” Iread Child’s Way cover to cover every issue and am grateful for the many things it has taught me. You have my gratitude.

Your friend in His service, Lucinda Montgomery, Okmulgee, Oklahoma [Page 4]

By Shohreh Rassekh, from the Per- sıan magazine for children, VARQA, issued in Khordad, 1351, or 129 B.E.

Translated by Ladan Strain, age 14

A s we all know, ’Abdu’l-Baha loved children. When He was in England in Mr. and Mrs. Jenner’s house, their children would sit on ’Abdu’l- Baha’s lap and would put their arms around his neck. When ’Abdu’l-Baha would talk, the children would listen very carefully. ’Abdu’l-Baha would put his hands on their heads and say, “'Children are pure at heart; we should be like children.”

Mr. and Mrs. Jenner’s house was near a park called Richmond. One day when He was taking a walk through the park, several girls and boys were riding small horses and were racing. He watched them carefully, and when one of the girls won, ’Abdu’l-Baha shouted, “Very good! Very good! Wonderful!’ The children became very fond of the Master after that.

When ’Abdu’l-Baha was in America, He went to Denver by train. A ven- dor was walking up and down the train and showing his merchandise to everyone, trying to sell his things. The children were sitting around ’Abdu’l-Baha and were looking at the vendor’s wares. ’Abdu’l-Baha gave them each a dollar so they could buy whatever they wanted.

When ’Abdu’l-Baha was in Germany, He became ill. The parents of some children there told ’Abdu’l-Baha that they had told their youngest child to say a prayer for Him so that He would get better. The child said, “IT don’t want to say a prayer because if I do He will get better and leave Germany.” ’Abdu’l-Baha became very happy because of this affection which the children had for Him. je [Page 5]

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A PICTURE AND A STORY by Brillana Cholas, age 7

M y sister and I went to meet a new girl on our block. We asked her name and she said, ‘‘My name is Karen.” We told her our names and became good friends. Because we made friends, our fathers and

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FRIENDS by Jennifer Montgomery, age 10

/& \\ riends are for sharing and caring, f T) F Friends are for fun and for joy,

[2 You can tell a friend your feelings, And they always understand.

PLANTS by Lisa M. Michaels

have a friend.

Her name is Martha. We plant things. We planted vegetables.

They are as green as the grass.

The stem is as thin as wire.

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VICE

by Matt Balser, age 7

think mice

Are rather nice. They have such curly tails And they have soft feet And they run so fast -- They run like the wind. So I think mice Are rather nice.

[Page 8]My Baha'i Life

A TRIP TO A BAHA'I PLACE AND SOME BAHA'I FRIENDS By Melanie Grant, age 7%

M e and my brother and my sister and my brother went on the train to visit my Baha’i aunt, uncle and baby cousin. On the last day of the visit we went to the Baha’i House of Worship! We also went and saw Mr. Khadem. He saw the Guardian and he knows alot about the Guardian. I was the only child that asked him a question! I wanted to know if the Baha’is would take the Guardian’s body to Haifa the same as they did with the Bab, even though Baha’u’llah said you must bury not more than one hour away. Mr. Khadem said that at this time that was not a law. Nevertheless the Baha’is might do that some day. No one knows. I was born in England, and my family and I used to go to the Guardian’s grave a lot and say prayers. There are a lot of Baha’is buried around the Guardian

BAHÄ'I CHILDREN'S CLASSES By Derik Coleman, age 10

n Sunday morning at 9:30 we go to Baha’i school. We see all the

Baha’i children. That isfun. Classes begin with some songs and music. Then I join in the 7-10 year old class. Between us we will elect a chairman. I like being the chairman. I ask everyone to say a prayer and make sure the others are quietly listening. Then our teacher will teach us the subject of the day. At the end of class, we read the Child’s Way and other Baha’i books. My teacher’s name is Miemanat, and 1 like her.

MY BAHAÄ'I CLASS By Leah Coleman, age 7

S unday we go to Baha’i school. First we say prayers; then we sing songs. We like Tom and Trees and Therasa and others who teach us music and sign language. The first song we sing is ‘‘God is One”; the sec- ond song we sing is “I’d like to teach the world to sing.” Ilike my class. [Page 9]P U,..D U : W N

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[Page 10]n.2. Bahaı Childrens Conference

June 7th & 8th, 1980. photographs by Ron Bond

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Forty-six children from all over New Jersey (and one from Pennsylvania!) attended an action-packed weekend at the Evergreen Cabin in Teaneck, which was built by Hand of the Cause Roy Wilhelm.

10 [Page 11]Sponsored by tbe N.). District Teaching Committee, we arrived at the Cabin on Saturday morning and met lots of new friends.

In the afternoon we formed workshop groups, where we talked about how to participate in the Baha’i Faith. This included praying, going to Feasts, giving to the Fund and trying to serve others.

[Page 12]We later walked to a nearby park where we ran ourselves ragged! After a great dinner of hamburgers and hot dogs cooked outside, we watched some spine- tingling movies...

[Page 13]. and listened and sang to music. We were all very tired after such a busy day but still bad energy left to smile at the camera. We slept upstairs in sleeping bags.

On Sunday, we went to more workshops, ate lunch and sang. Our group photo shows all the good friends we met. We can't wait until next year!

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[Page 14]the three mushrooms

By Juliet Carson, age 7

nce upon a time in a far away land, there lived three mushrooms in a

forest that is very far away from where we are. These mushrooms were very good friends. One day these three mushrooms were talking and someone came along. The three mushrooms froze. The person knew they had been talking so he told them not to be afraid. The person that saw them was a very kind man, so the three mushrooms and the man became very good friends.

One day the man was very happy. The three mushrooms did not know why. That day the man asked the three mushrooms what they would like best.

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The first mushroom said that he would like to be way up atthe top ofa very high building so he could see the whole city.

The second mushroom said that he would like most of all to be in an airplane.

Now it was the third mushroom’s turn. He did not know what he would like most. He thought for many days. He still did not know what he wanted. So one day he had thought so much that he just said he would like to be in a china doll house.

Now the two other mushrooms were furious. They didn’t know how he had thought that up. They wanted to go with him to the china doll house. They wished they had picked the china doll house, but it was too late to change their minds. The man had already made plans for them to do what they wanted.

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When the time came for them to go do what they wanted to, the man said that they had been very smart in making their wishes. He said he would let each one go on their trip. But he also said that each one could go on another’s trip.

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So the next day the 1st, 2nd and Srd mushroom went to the highest building in the city. The day after that, the 2nd, 1st and 3rd mushrooms went up inan airplane. The third day, the rd mushroom was very excited. He and the others were going to the china doll house. So the man took them to the museum, where he had bought them the most beautiful china dollhouse there was. The three mushrooms spent the whole day in the china dollhouse. They even ate breakfast, lunch, and supper there. They played and played. They drank tea out of the china teacups, and there was even a silver tea set. They used it lots. As you know, the man had bought the dollhouse so it didn’t belong to the museum any more. One day the man had to leave the mushrooms. The mushrooms were very sad about it. But the man said, ‘“Don’t be sad. I will always remember you and I hope you will remember me. I will write you sometimes too. I’ll be back.’’ So the man left the three mushrooms. But the three mushrooms weren’t sad like the man told them not to be. And they lived happily ever after in the china dollhouse he had left them. =

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[Page 18]‚some sill group games .

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PRUIE? PRUIE?

The object of this game is to find the Pruie. All close eyes and mill around in the group shaking hands with the others. When you shake some- one’s hand, you ask them the question, ‘‘Pruie?’’ If you receive the reply, “Pruie,’” then you have not found the Pruie. If you receive no answer, but the person continues to hold on to your hand, you have found the pruie. Now you become part of the Pruie and stay. If someone shakes your hand, do not let go and don’t answer them. If you find two people hold- ing hands, it must be part of the Pruie, so you can try to find the end of the chain so you can join it.

PRETZEL

One player volunteers to leave the room. Others join hands in a circle and without letting go, form themselves into a complicated twisted mass of bodies. This is done by manuvering about, raising arms and ducking under, lifting feet over joined hands, etc. The players are drawn closer to- gether until they are a knot. Then the player who left, comes back to un- ravel this human pretzel without loosening any of the players’ hands. [Page 19]by Laura MacLachlan

=. Eliza and Mary each have a quality, but only one. Their qualities are prejudice, temper, and a pure heart, but not neces- sarily in that order. From the fol- lowing clue, who has the best quality?

Jane is very angry at Mary because Mary doesn’t like Eliza because she is black, but Eliza doesn’t mind because she knows it hurts Mary more than her.

liza, Pete and John all like

Baha’i meetings. One likes Feast best, one likes firesides best and the third likes Assembly meet- ings best. From the following clue, who likes what best?

Eliza always likes to hear the writ- ings and what is happening in the community, John is always telling someone new about the Faith and Pete likes to hear and help decide on activities for the community.

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A Letter from Robin

by Robin, with June Bollan T Hiughlnou might like to know about

the Baha’i school I go to. Sometimes I am the only person there, but my teacher says that one person is just as important to God as a hundred are. I don’t know why more of my friends don’t go because we have fun and besides, we learn a lot about God and Baha’u’llah and ’Abdu’l-Baha and all the other Messengers from God; I just didn’t know there were so many. My teacher, whose name is June, says that knowledge must be shared and she is sharing with me. Do you want to know something about my teacher? Well, she’s a great Grandmother, she says. I'm not sure what a great Grand- mother is, but it has something to do with having a lot of little kids but she looks more like a grandmother to me and she acts like a mother be- cause she rides around in a little red Vega car that looks young, but June says it is only necessary to be young at heart. If you think I’m using big words, it’s because my teacher explains them to me. She is retired and ex- plained that being retired means not being paid for working. I think she was being funny. She lives with her husband, Carl, and he’s retired too, and they live in a neat little house with a piano and a patio and a beagle dog named Wags. Sometimes we eat on the patio -- that’s when June doesn’t want to cook. She cooks inside the little house and Carl cooks outside. I get to eat with them once a week when my mother goes to classes in the evening. My mother is a social worker; my teacher explained that to me -- she’s always explaining things -- a social worker helps people who need it, and my teacher says that is what Baha’is are supposed to do. My mother gets paid for that because she’s not retired yet. She’s young and pretty just like a mother is supposed to be. Carl is neat too; he lets me ride his riding lawnmower and is always making things for our Baha’i school on his jigsaw. He is not a Baha’i but you would never know it by looking at him. Our school meets for 1% hours every Saturday morning unless my teacher is out of town teaching and explaining to big people. We say two prayers and then we can each pick out one from the Baha’i [Page 21]children’s prayerbook. My teacher can’t carry a tune in a bucket -- that’s what she says, but I don’t think she’s so bad, but she can play the piano so we do the best we can. When there are a lot of kids it’s better; we each get to pick out the songs and there are a lot of songs in the Baha’i children’s songbook, and my teacher has two different ones. Then we have our les- son; this year we are studying how to live the Baha’i life. Last year we studied about how mankind is one and the year before that, the kingdoms of God. I don’t remember what we studied when I was only four, but if you really want to know, I’ll ask my teacher.

I’1l bet you’re surprised that I can use a typewriter. My teacher has two -- one that children can peck around on and one we can’t touch. After our lesson, we consult -- you’re not a Baha’i so I’d better explain to you that consulting means finding out. We have 15 minutes for songs and prayers, 30 minutes for finding out, and then about 45 minutes for what my teacher calls cre-activity. She explained that cre-activity means being cre- ative and active. WE MAKE SCRAPBOOKS! They are fabulous! (How do you like that big word? -- I’d better explain it to you as you probably haven’t heard of it since you don’t go to a Baha’i school -- It means out of this world, super, amazing, and a few other things.) Our scrapbooks are all on the same subject, but we create our own books. Every book is dif- ferent, just like people.

If you would like to know more about our Sunday school, why don’t you write to me at my teacher’s house in Quincy, Illinois? Next time I’ll tell you about our fabulous schoolroom. It used to be a spare bedroom, but my teacher said that her company could go to the Holiday Inn, as children need a room too. I think my teacher is fabulous.

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by Harold Ostovar, age 9

O nce there was a mouse and a cat. They weren’t friends at all and they chased each other every time they saw each other. But there lived a very friendly dog, and he liked every living thing in the whole world. There was one thing that he didn’t like, however, and that was fighting. When he’d hear the cat chasing the mouse, he’d run into the house to break up their fighting and then demand what happened. The mouse and the cat would only start complaining. The dog told them each to be quiet, and then said, ‘““Allright, I will ask the mouse what happened first.” The mouse replied, ‘I was only going to get some food or cheese when the cat started chasing me.”

Then the dog asked the cat for his side of the story. ‘‘'He teased me,” the cat answered, “and that is why I started chasing him.”

The dog thought for a minute and then said, ‘I believe the mouse, be- cause how can a mouse tease a cat? Do you two want to be sent to the cat or mouse pound for your actions? No? Well, then don’t chase each other any more.”

But no sooner had the dog left than the cat and mouse were fighting again. The dog finally couldn’t take it any longer and had to step in. He had to become a fighter himself to show the cat and mouse how much harder they would both be treated if they didn’t stop. From then on the cat and mouse learned from their mistake and tried to be more like the dog who cared about everything in the world, including cats and mice. The cat and mouse even learned to obey God and His Messengers who come to teach people not to argue and not to fight in this world, for there is another world after this world. Because the cat and mouse changed, God gave them a nice house to live in with food for all. = [Page 23]

Dear Harold,

I like your story a lot. My mother asked me if I thought the dog could have taught the mouse and the cat without beating them up first; I think be could, but he would have to be very smart and a good teacher. Also, Il bet that if the cat and mouse really changed and worked hard, they could build their own house without having God just give it to tbem for nothing; that would be more fun. What do you think?

Love, Mary, age 9

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BAHAI ADMINISTRATION

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MY COMMUNITY By Marzieh Radpour, age 10

am a Baha’i. I live in a Baha’i community. There is an Assembly and many grown-ups. I have a lot of Baha’i friends. There are 16 children in my Sunday school. Sometimes I stay all night with my Baha’i friend and then we go to Sunday school together. Our Sunday school teachers are very nice. If we are very good we get prizes and we get presents on our

birthdays.

We have a very nice Feast in our community. We pray and talk and then we sing, very loud, so the neighbours will know we are happy. We have three boxes for the Fund in our community. One is for the grown-ups, one is for the children, and one is a big bottle to put coins in. We are going to build a House of Worship in India with the coins.

My community has a special bank account for the children. The money is for us to go teaching. When we get older, we will go travel teaching to- gether. I want to go to Jamaica but my brother wants to go to Africa. We are practicing teaching now. I told my teacher about the Baha’i Faith and she asked lots of questions so I told her to ask my mother. = [Page 25]BAHA'I ELECTIONS By Chris Radpour

f you are a Baha’i child, you need to know about Baha’i elections be-

cause when you grow up you will vote in them. Baha’i elections are dif- ferent than Presidential elections. In Baha’i elections there are no nomina- tions or politicking, but in other elections there are. Nominations are when someone says your name to be on a list of people to be voted for. Politicking is when someone tries to get me to vote for them.

In Baha’i elections the ballot is secret. People say prayers at the elec- tion. Baha’is vote for people with spiritual qualities. If you are spiritual, someone will vote for you! =

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BAHA'[ ASSEMBLIES By Chris Radpour

y friend asked me where is my church and who is my minister. That

was a hard question. Iam a Baha’i and in my Baha’i community we don’t have a building for our meetings. Sometimes we meet at my house or in my father’s office or in our friends’ houses. So we don’t have a church. But my mother says we have lots of blessed spots, like in ‘“Blessed is the spot... where mention of God hath been made.”

We don’t have a minister either. Or a priest or a rabbi or a mullah. In- stead we have an Assembly. A Spiritual Assembly has nine people and none of them are the boss. They decide things together and then they say: “The Assembly decided that... .”’

There are three kinds of Assemblies. One is the Local Spiritual Assem- bly. That’s the kind for a town. Then there is the National Spiritual Assembly. That’s for a whole country. Then there is the best Spiritual Assembly of all. That’s the Universal House of Justice. It meets in Haifa, Israel, and it really is the boss of all the other Assemblies. But it doesn’t act bossy. I guess that’s why everybody wants to do what the Universal House of Justice says to. a

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A LOOK AT BAHA'ICONVENTIONS

by North Georgia Baha’i children

ATLANTA, GEORGIA .. . The North Georgia District Convention was held at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Atlanta. Following is an account of that Convention as reported by the Convention’s official reporters — ages eight through eleven.

The Distriet Convention is where we elect people who will go to the National Convention. These people are called delegates. They vote for the National Spiritual Assembly. They make recommendations to the Nation- al Spiritual Assembly. The National Convention is held in April in Wil- mette. Dr. Bill Tucker, Auxiliary Board Member, said the Bahd’f State Convention is held every year. Only Baha’is can come to the Convention.

Teaching was discussed atthe Convention, deepening and consolidation. The Seven Year Plan was discussed. The Seven Year Plan is a plan for teaching more people about the Baha’i Faith. To help meet the plan, the North Georgia Baha’is will hold firesides, teach, contact people enrolled, on the same trip try to enroll someone new and give to the fund.

Some of the speakers at the Convention were; Dr. Adrienne Reeves, our new Auxiliary Board Member, Dr. Bill Tucker, our other Auxiliary Board Member and Mr. Ben Levy. Mr. Levy used to be our Auxiliary Board Member. Now he belongs to South Georgia, Alabama and Florida. Mr. Levy is from Miami, Florida. He has two children, a girl and a boy.

Four delegates were elected this year. Last year it was three. u

Reporters were: Laura Hampton, 10, Faran Massoudi, 10, Jennifer Murphy, 10, Jim Reese, 10, Lafayette Royal, 11, Andrew Taylor, 10, Derek Taylor, 8, and Chad Varner, 9.

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30 [Page 31]Maze

by Colleen Lavery, age 12

see the world as a great big maze, and | didn't know where to g0. One side bright,

the other side dark.

One side friend,

and the other side foe.

Where is the middle?

There has to be a middle.

What is in the middle?

When one side is dark and filled

with the mottoes:

"Foe, look upon foe as foe,

Foe, look upon friend as foe,

Foe, look upon self as foe.

And on the other side light and filled

with the motto of:

“Friend, look upon friend as friend,

Friend, look upon foe as friend,

Friend, look upon self as friend.’

In the middle must be...

Yesithastobe...

Unity!

But in this maze how can | get to unity?

Then a voice answered me saying,

"Take the road called fellowship, then of

love and this will lead you to

unity.”

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PARENTS FAGS

by Laili Radpour, age 13

hen I was little, I thought that taking care of babies was simple.

Babies were always perfect angels. If they cried, you just patted them on the back once or twice. If they were bad, you told them to sit in a cor- ner. If their diapers were wet, you just taped on a new one, and this wasn’t any problem because it only happened about once a day. Babies slept all the time, which was good because you always had time to clean house.

As I grew older, I learned that many of the things I thought were not true. For one thing, a child is not some kind of toy that you can stop playing with. You must love and understand your child. You must also have patience with him. You should praise him when he does right and punish him when he does wrong. Another thing I learned about was respect. It isgood for an adult to respect a child.

Now when I take care of children, I use all the things that I’ve learned and try to remember that a child is also a person. =

WHAT IS A GOOD PARENT?

One who is good and cares for a child and does not beat on their child. Bill, age 9 A good parent is someone who takes care of you, someone who loves you, and someone who feeds you. Rachel, age 7 Someone who plays with you when you ask and shares time with their children.

Jessica, age 8

A good parent works to make money and picks up my toys.

Joshua, age 4 [Page 33]Good parents give you pennies to buy gum in a machine. Kelli, age 5

Good parents have eyes in the back of their heads. Ryan, age 4 A good daddy brings flowers to your mommy and a good mommy makes

sure daddies can find their socks. And good parents don’t always blame you for starting fights when somebody else did it.

Kevin, age 6

A good parent loves you, even when you did something bad. Randi, age 5 A good parent is one who helps you when you need it, like my dad when he helped me build a tree house. Robert, age 9 When I am a mother I am going to have spaghetti every night for dinner and never ever liver! Lisa, age 7 Some good parents teach their children to eat right, not junk food. Like they bake bread and make cookies with carob chips. Jamal, age 10 A good parent is like my mother, who takes good care of me. She brushes

my hair very carefully and gets the knots out without even pulling, not like my grandmother, who yanks!

Goli, age 9

A good parent is someone who takes care of you and they buy you food and drinks. They give you an allowance every week. They bought the house that you live in. They buy a bed for you to sleep in and a pillow for you to lean your head on. Parents take good care of children.

Marzı, age 7

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