A BREAK FOR LEARNING; COLLEGE CLASS IMPROVES PARENT SKILLS.Byline: Teresa Teresa of Ávila, St. religious contemplation brought her spiritual ecstasy. [Christian Hagiog.: Attwater, 318] See : Mysticism Jimenez Ji·mé·nez , Juan Ramón 1881-1958. Spanish poet who introduced modernism to Spanish verse. Platero y Yo (1914) is his most popular work. He won the 1956 Nobel Prize for literature. Noun 1. Daily News Staff Writer Pamela Orchard orchard, generally an area on which fruit or nut trees are planted and cultivated. The words grove and plantation are often used when the fruits are tropical, e.g., a "citrus grove" or a "banana plantation. , a Castaic resident, figured the city's first Parent University on Saturday provided the perfect opportunity to create time for herself. So she sent her son to stay with her sister and sat in on the morning lectures at College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. . ``I'm a working mom (1) (Messaging-Oriented Middleware) See messaging middleware. (2) (Microsoft Operations Manager) Software that monitors and captures system and application events throughout the network. and don't give enough time to myself and today was my day,'' Orchard said. ``The seminars were really great. And it was nice to get the information in a one-day event one-day event a contraction of the three-day event but like that contest is aimed at selecting the best all-round horse and rider. The events usually contested are show-jumping, dressage and cross-country. .'' The Parent University was created for people such as Orchard, who juggle work and family every day. The event, which included breakfast, lunch and child care with the $5 registration fee, was sponsored by the city, College of the Canyons and Los Angeles Mission College Los Angeles Mission College is a two-year community college located in Sylmar, California neighborhood of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley, United States. It is part of the Los Angeles Community College District. . Parents received information ranging from anger management and communicating with your teen to coping with stress and dealing with work and family. And while the seminars may not have provided solutions, they did give comfort, Orchard said. ``I got the overall sense of how we all felt in the group,'' Orchard said. ``We had all noticed how different it is from when we were growing up. I was glad to know it wasn't just me.'' Fathers Jason Garrison of Newhall and Mark Cooan of Canyon Country also enjoyed the leisurely morning free of stress because their children were being taken care of while they gathered more tips. ``You can never be too good of a parent,'' said Garrison, the father of two young children ages 3 and 1, and two foster children ages 17 and 13. ``We're learning about the diversity of the two age groups - how to balance schedules with the two and balance discipline with the two.'' Cooan agreed that the event provided the convenience parents need. ``It does help out the mother and father to sit and relax. I enjoyed it. I got a lot of information,'' Cooan said. ``And it doesn't require hours and hours of class.'' |
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