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The Press-Dispatch Wednesday, October 18, 2017 D-1 HOME LIFE TO ADVERTISE: Call: 812-354-8500 Email: ads@pressdispatch.net Visit: 820 E. Poplar Street, Petersburg Deadline: 5 p.m. on Monday Youth First Today by Katherine Baker, Youth First, Inc. Taking care of child's physical, emotional needs is essential Katiedid Versus by Katiedid Langrock False synopses SO SEE US NOW FOR YOUR NEW HOME! 814 Niblack Blvd., Vincennes, IN 1-800-743-7004 www.bairdvincennes.com We have 1 on-lot 68ft home where you'll save A MINIMUM OF $6,000. Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Due to lumber tariffs and natural disasters (hurricanes and fires), prices of homes are increasing! We anticipate higher prices in the future 812-598-3936 Lic. #AU10800006 Sat., Oct. 21, 10am CDT 1905 W. CR 300 N. Rockport, IN 47635 PUBLIC AUCTION G&E FAMILY TRUST Tractors: 5400 John Deere w/loader Ford 8N Farm Equipment, Tools, Antiques and more. 80 +/- Acres Property Location: CR 400 N., Rockport IN 47635 Spencer Co. For information on this great piece of farmland, call Johny Ray today. Auctioneer note: The property will be selling the same day as the farm tractors, implements, tools and antiques. Unfortunately, all too often we hear stories in the media about chil- dren and teens be- ing ne- glect- ed. Ne- glect can take ma- ny forms, including lack of hous- ing, food, and medical care, failure to teach basic personal care, and withholding love and affection. In neglect situations, the child's basic needs are not being met by the par- ent. For many families there seems to be a "disconnect" between meeting a child's needs and strengthening the bonds of love, affection, care and support. Parents can neglect their children for multiple reasons – loss of a job causing financial strain, loss of public utilities, depression, par- ent inattention due to involvement with a love interest, addiction to cell phones, or abuse of alcohol and oth- er substances. As a school social worker, I see the effects of neglect every day. In this writer's opinion, emotional ne- glect may do the most damage. Neglect can leave a permanent scar on a child's self-esteem and well-being. Self-esteem is defined as confidence in one's own worth or abilities and tends to fluctuate depending on what is going on in your life. Children that are left alone, un- supervised, and don't have regu- lar one-on-one time with a parent frequently have unmet emotional needs. They are not taught the im- portance of values, morals, and respect for self and others. Spending quali- ty time with your children should be a priority. However, many children and teens do not get this much-needed atten- tion from parents. They are alone, un- supervised, and left to their own defens- es. On the other hand, children that have actively involved parents tend to have better self-esteem, make better deci- sions, are better able to respond to the stress of day-to-day living, and are able to verbalize their needs in a healthy manner. The time you spend with your children in elementary school, middle school and high school will pro- mote healthy and re- sponsible relation- ships. A big part of parent- ing is being the parent and not your child's friend. In addition to spending quality time with children, parents In an episode of "Friends" called "The One Where Old Yeller Dies," Phoebe learns that her mother used to prematurely turn off classic movies to spare Phoebe's feelings. She thought "Old Yeller" was a fun family film until her friends show her the ending. Why, Travis?! Why? Over the next few days, Phoebe im- merses herself in film re-education, watching all her favorite flicks to their true finale – "Brian's Song," "A Love Story," "Terms of Endearment" – each viewing further confirming her life was lies. All lies! At least when it came to entertain- ment. Lately, my husband and I have been (reluctantly) participating in a similar ritual of incomplete viewing. Past the series pilot, we rarely watch shows to- gether anymore. Rather, in a pathetic attempt to complete a season, we take viewing turns and fill the other one in. While one spouse works, sleeps or tends to chores and children, the other takes one for the team and engages in 30 minutes to an hour of hilarity and/or deeply depressing and masterful story- telling. The next week, we trade posts. In the beginning, I was kind and con- siderate while filling my husband in on what he had missed. "You're going to need to sit down for this, babe. Last night on 'Game of Thrones,' there was something called the Red Wedding." I told it to him straight, with hones- ty and care. And then I saw a rerun of the "Friends" episode, and I thought, "I want to do that! " Not as a trick to play on my children. Oh, no, that would be cruel. Also, who shows her young child any part of "Terms of Endear- ment" anyway? But as something to do to spice up my husband's and my boob tube life. Bearing the weight of adequately explaining the missed engagements, di- vorces, births of children and unexpected deaths of our favorite characters became a chore. And if I was viewing the show, that meant by default that this was my night free of chores! Something had to change. I was going to take a page from Phoe- be's mom's book and put my own lit- tle warped spin on it. So over time, filling my husband in on the episode he had missed became a little less ... factual. "So this Red Wedding was between Daenerys and Tyrion after they met for the first time in a tomato field. I know! Most unexpected relationship ever! I'm so jealous you get to watch all the honeymoon scenes in the next epi- sode. Prepare yourself for romance! " "Last night on 'The Voice,' every judge turned around to sign a mute. It was incredible. Their backs were turned, and only the background mu- sic was playing, but somehow they knew that person had star potential." "It was revealed on 'The Big Bang Theory' that Sheldon actually is an android created by Howard Wolow- itz. And the reason Wolowitz pro- grammed Sheldon to continually mock his pathetic master's degree is to demonstrate Wolowitz's own per- sonal failings at being able to engi- neer an android that can seamlessly fit in to modern culture, as obviously Sheldon cannot." "I really love how kids shows are encouraging openness and kindness toward everyone. On 'My Little Po- ny,' half the horses went through equine reassign- ment surgery and ended the episode as donkeys. Still magical, of course." Sometimes my husband falls for my faux episode hook, line and sinker. Most often, he knows I'm bluff- ing. But you can tell, more frequently than he would ev- er admit, there is a small nag- ging curiosity about whether I'm tell- ing the truth, even after he's dismissed my episode breakdown as boloney. And those times are my favorite, when he's just not quite sure what to expect. May- be Sheldon really is an android. Sure, my fabricated episodes may seem to defeat the point of my filling him in, but think about the shock and horror my husband experienced tun- ing in to "Game of Thrones" expecting the most unexpected of romances and instead receiving the bloody carnage of the largest matrimonial mass mur- der ever to hit the small screen. He still gets to experience every extraordinary emotion and surprise we did, only it's a week (and an episode) later. It's the same (hilarious) shock and horror Phoebe experiences when she learns "E.T. leaves! Rocky loses! Char- lotte dies! " Now, would my husband still be shocked if I simply abstained from fill- ing him in on what he missed in the pre- vious episode? Of course. But where's the fun in that? Like Katiedid Langrock on Facebook, at http://www.facebook.com/katiedid- humor. KOREAN STYLE PORK CHOPS By Monica Sinclair I love many different kinds of ethnic food such as Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, German, French, Italian, etc. Recently, I tried Korean food and absolutely fell in love. So, when I stumbled on this week's recipe, I knew I had to try it. I have all of the ingredients ready to go and plan on making it on Sunday. I'm sure I will have another new favorite! Enjoy! INGREDIENTS 4 pork chops 1 tbsp olive oil 1/4 cup soy sauce low sodium 2 tbsp honey 4 cloves garlic minced 1 tsp sesame oil 1 tsp ginger minced 2 tsp sriracha sauce black pepper to taste DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat oven to 400 F degrees. 2. In a medium size bowl whisk together the soy sauce, honey, garlic, ginger, sesame oil and srira- cha sauce. Pour over pork chops and let marinade for about 20 minutes. 3. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet for medium high heat. Add pork chops, without marinade, and cook for about 5 minutes for the first side, or until it gets a nice brownish color. Flip the pork chops and pour the remaining marinade over them. Cook another 5 min on this side. 4. Place the skillet in the oven to finish cooking them. Roast for about 10 minutes, or until pork chops are completely cooked through. Recipe Notes If your pork chops are not very thick, about 1 inch in thickness, you might not need to finish cooking them in the oven. Source: www.jocooks.com Share your favorite recipe! www.facebook.com/mealsinminutes Monica's Meals in Minutes PO Box 68, Petersburg, IN 47567 mealsinminutes@pressdispatch.net FACEBOOK MAIL EMAIL a MEALS IN Monica's MINUTES See NEEDS on page 2