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TRAILS OF GLORY Do you have a New Year's resolution? “I want the Kiwanis Kavaliers tdrum and bugle corps) to come in first at the Canadian National Charm pionships next August and I'll do my best to help." said M-year- old Lori Daunheimer. a resident of Colerid- ge Pl. in Waterloo, l, MAN-ON-THE-STREET SURVEY l Ted Williams, operations manager at Waterloo Square. said he wants to take up a rigorous physi- cal fitness program min 1981 and says he's "going to spend one complete weekend with my wife and do something." Christmas feast. It's also a time when many people look to the new year determined to accomplish that which they've failed to complete over the past year or drop all those nasty habits that are irritating to both themselves and others. The Chronicle surveyed seven people who live, The family as an institution is essential to the well-being ot individual: and society; above all, " is a vital factor in the development of a child's potential in all Its aspect: _ emotional. Intellec~ tual, spiritual, physical and local Ontario's Government has stated that It con- siders the family a potential focal pomt for the development of social policy However. Its ap- proach to urgent social, health. educational and economic issues has made it clear that the Go- vemment is engaging m rhetoric, not dealmg with reality, While paying lip sennce to the changes which have occurred in work and family life, the Go- vernment has adopted no strategy to meet cur- rent needs While emphasis tends to be pUced upon the nuclear family, other family types - lone parent, reconstituted, unmarried couples with or without children, etc. - are increasing as a percentage of the total. Families are der severe pressure the erosion of (,efl2',U'1Cirpd'C, the trend to smaller families, increased marriage break- down, the decline of the role of the Church as a source of support, economic stress due to infla.. tion and unemployment. greater participation of women in the labour force, etc. Almost 50 per cent of the mothers of pre-school children in Ontario go out to work, In this provm- ce, the number of mothers in the labour force who have children under three years of age has risen dramatically from 1t6,000 in l975 to 146,000 in ms - 3 jump of 25.9 per cent. Nearly three- quarters of Canadian women aged 25-44 are pre- dicted to be in the labour force in was, compared to just over half at present, One in ten of Ontario's children live in lone parent families, 83 per cent of which were led by women in 1976. More unwed mothers are keeping their babies: " per cent in 1977 compared to 30 per cent at the end of the 1960's Ontario‘s population IS rapidly aging By the year 2001.-13.6 per cent of the total population will be over 65, compared with " per cent in 1976 The divorce rate is climbing. In 1976, one m four Ontario marriages ended in divorce, but the rate is now one in three, Violent juvenile delinquency has shown an alarming increase The rate of apprehension of Jill Proud, who sells lottery tickets in Waterloo. ian't mak- ing any resolutions this year, “I've learned not to make them because I always break them," she said. "rd only be fooling myself if I made one on the spot right now .. The need for family life Taking his two chil- dren camping more often next year is one promise that Leslie Hare is determined to keep and he wants to get his “1950 Mere back on the road after sitting around on blocks for the past seven years" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER M, woo __ PAGE 7 work or were wrapping up their last-minute Christmas shopping in Waterloo to find out what promises, they've made to themselves for 1981. Five of those surveyed had no problem coming up with a resolution, but two were determined not to make any promises because they say they never keep them. This is what they had to say. Juveniles for acts of vnolence m Canada went up 60 per cent between 1W4 and 1978. from 155 per 100.000 [e Family Violence lwife-treattng, child abuse and abuse of grandparents, IS getting worse For m- stance, an estimated one In ten women wrll be battered by mates this year Of Family Service Association walk-in cases in Toronto 20 per cent are victims of assault, compared to 2 to 3 per cent a few years ago! Per capita consumption of alcohol In Ontario rose by 72 per cent from 1960 to Wit resulting in higher rates of alcohol dependence and alcohol- related problems _ lifestyle advertising for al- coholic products has an effect here Over the next few months, the Ontario Liberal Party will be making a number of recommenda- tions which. taken together. constitute an agenda to strengthen families in the eighties Identification of mental and emotional illness among Ontario's young people has increased sig- nificantly. Of children born in 1960, one in ten is predicted to need institutional psychiatric care at some time in his/her life, The rate of predicted mental illness of children born in 1971 rose to one in " The number of suicides among young peo- ple in Ontario (age 5 to 24! went up 70 per cent from 1970 to 1978 (from 134 to 223). Clearly, the most promising method of dealing with any social problem is to prevent it. Social scientists tell us that once breakdown has oc- curred. for instance once a juvenile has commit- ted a crime, once a person has succumbed to alcohol or drug addiction, etc ' subsequent reha- bilitative services, no matter how skilled, have less hope for success than if they'd been applied before the breakdown. There is, therefore. a compelling logic to the philosophy that we channel additional funds in the area of social services into efforts to prevent and treat threats to family stability Fifteen-year-old Romana Ptak. who works at Waterloo Square, is another person who is deter- mined to lose a few pounds next year and says "I also want to do well at school FF She attends classes at Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate Bernie Charlebois, a resident of Univer- sity Ave, in Waterloo, prefers not “to step out on a limb" by making resolutions. “My wife wants me to quit smoking with her but I'm not pro- mising because I can't keep resolu- tions when I make them." he said,