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Ms, Thompson, a single parent and student of Social-Com- munity Psychology has fi- gures to back up her sta- tement. F During the next five year period siingie'pareht'fami- lies increased 33 per cent compared to a total family increase of 14 per cent. . Census statistics indicate that from 1961-66 single parent' family households in- creased by 12 per cent com- pared to an 11 per cent in- crease in total lainily house- holds. Despite concrete evidence showing growth in single- SUPERIOR j MEMORIALS HAVE YOU DELAYED PURCHASING , ’ MEMORIAL ' PHONE on com: IN mun. WE CAN ASSIST YOU. 528 Vic-tori: St. N., Kitchener tBeside Weston Eateries) 74bdt36 After boars 518-7154 largo Indool Showrooms The research will be con- ducted in groups. After some preliminary question- naires have been completed. a group discussion will pro- vide participants with the opportunity to share their views and experiences with other women in similar si- tuations. Participant's names will not be used in the study. Mig, Thompson is in the Process of conducting re- search on single-parent tir. niilies, which she will use in her thesis. But before Ms. Thompson can complete her thesis re- search, she needs the assis- tance of a- large number of women who are the only parent at home with their children. and who have been separated or divorced for at least a year. parent (amines. Its. Researcll'onsln‘le-parent Thompson says little is families is needed. says his. known about the single- Tbompson; because of the parent family. And. she lack of objective informa- adds, what information is tion presently available on available is “inaccurate. the subject. Knox Discovery Day-, Camp is designed for chil- dren who areentering grade one in September and in- cludes those who have com- pleted up to grade three as of July I, 1979.. Chronicle staff writer gram on the lawn of the Knox Presbyterian church. Games, crafts, bak- Church, 50 Erb St., Wa- ing, stories and otherleam- terloo, is sponsoring a full ing skills will be practised. day program this summer Children from any reli- for boys and girls. gious denomination are wel- The program will operate for the entire summer vaca- tion, starting on June 28, and ending August 30. Day camp activities will include out- door activities in Waterloo Park, special trips in the community and surrounding areas, and an outdoor pro- trlasei and highly specular live". Knox church runs summer cam A team from Beamsville District Secondary School has done just that. It turned a mythical $100,000 into 947,325 imaginary dollars to become the provincial win- ners of the high school stock market game played twice a year in conjunction with Wilfrid Laurier University. Terms such as "broken homes, incomplete families and disorganized families" give the impression that single-parent families' are abnormal and less accep- table than two-parent house- holds. literature has severe implis cations for the sirtgkrparent family," Ms. Thompson says in a report, "themost Is it possible to invest $100,000 in the stock market and in just 12 short weeks of trading make almost one million dollars? During the 12 week trad- ing period the students acted as investing groups. They bought and sotd shares For -pie,, most ee- search‘is based on the as- sumption that tmr-parent families are "the norm to be emulated" thus, families that deviate from this tradi- tional model are often _viewed as deficie'nt. Ter- minology used in that type of literature also has a nega- tive connection. Thompson; because of the lack of objective intorma- than presently available on the subject. A negative stereotype " tached to single-parents is “perpetrator by literature presently available. she Children from any reli- gious denomination are wel- come at the day camp, since Knox is making the facili- ties available to the Wa- terloo-Kitchener com- munity. Organizers hope a number of working mothers will make use of the facility. Playing'the WLU stock market can pay obvious one being the ct. (ecu it has on societal atti- tude: and everyday or- ganizations within which single parents and their chil- glren function. ie.g. schools. Once her thesis is comple- te. Ms. Thompson would like to further examine single- parent families, by looking at existing; community re- Women who are interest- ed in participating should phone Ms. Thompson at WLU, 884-1970. ext. 377, and sources for sink-pf and their children 'ii'alllll vestigating ways to i society's awareness of the single-parent family. l Ms. . Thompson en- courages women to get in- volved in the study she's planning, not only to provide a more accurate account of the single-parent family," but. also to give parents a chan- ce to share their experien- ces with others in the same or similar situations. 884-3864 in the evenings. etc itrtsiye, eeirtormeui, Fees to: the day - will be $20 per week per child and $30 for two chil- dren from one family. Children going to the Knox day camp should be dropped off at 8 a.m. and picked up by 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Knox Presbyterian Church is centrally located at the north end of Waterloo Square. beside the Marsland Centre. listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The WLU com- puter kept a record of their efforts and automatically deducted a regular broker's commission. Regular re- ports were sent-to the par- ticipating teams. The winner of the first game of the year, played last fall, was a team from Port Credit Secondary School, Mississau t turned the initial 81g. into $410,966. Both provincial and re- gional winners will be hon- ored at an awards luncheon May 25 at the Hotel Toronto.