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www.indianapolisrecorder.com PARENTING TIPS FROM THE DESK OF JADA Parent’s bill of rights: 11 guidelines (or your teen-ager • (FeatureSource) — Parenting a teen-ager is a difficult job. ^During the teen years, kids that ,_\vere once so sweet begin to defy ‘ authority and challenge their parents. The JttU&WgM struggles of adolescence V weigh heavily on I - -a the shoulders of ^ J parents and teen-agers alike. Finding the Path: A Novel for Parents of Teen-agers, a novel by Jeffrey P. Kaplan, Ph.D., and Abby Lederman, M.Ed., offers an inspirational story to guide •.parents through these difficult years. “Being drawn into crisis by the anti-social, destructive behaviors of a teen-age child is the greatest fear of most parents of pre-adolescent children today,” says Lederman. Instead of worrying about the future of your parent-child relationship, Kaplan and Lederman suggest a “love-based parenting model.” A love-based parenting model values mutual respect between parent and teen, seizes difficult situations as opportunities for growth and focuses on the positive rather than the negative. If you are tackling the tough job of parenting a teenager, remember that your rights within the relationship are . important, too. Here are some guidelines for what to require from your teen: Parent’s bill of rights • I have the right to be treated with respect. • I have the right to make the time necessary to think through a decision or consequence with regards to my teen. • I have the right to make mistakes. • I have the right to make decisions for my teen that I believe are in her best interest. • I have the right to talk about my teen with other adults who may be able to help with his behavior and emotional and physical health. • I have the right to set and enforce rules to insure the safety of my teen. • I have the right to restrict my teen from spending time with adults and others whom I believe to be a negative influence. • I have the right to discipline my teen in ways that promote healthy behavior w ithout compromising her emotional well-being. • I have the right to expect my teen to contribute to the „ general upkeep of the house in order to keep our home a pleasant environment in which lo live. •* • I have the right to talk with •the parents of my teen's friends •and know my teen’s whereabouts when she is away from home. • I have the right to privacy.

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Legacy Thealre honors history of Black press

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Hook Up & Affinity performed at a reception before the evening's events, which also included the Legacy Theater's "The Hoosier Renaissance" exhibit.

Recently the Legacy Theatre presented the movie "The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords" a tracking of the history of the nation's Black newspapers. Radio One personality and Recorder columnist Amos Brown and Cheryl Adams, FOX News anchor and president of the Indianapolis Association of Black Journalists, spoke about the importance of the Black Press at the Legacy Theater. Black Press member Rickie ‘Solid Gold’ Clark also attended. (Right) Shari Lynn Himes, manager of the Legacy Theater, invited members of Indianapolis' Black Press to a special viewing of the documentary.

Recorder soul food pitch-in

(Left to right) Staff writers Ericka Thompson and Ericka Wheeler and Sharon Maxey, senior advertising sales consultant, posed for the camera while working at the Recorder booth. (Photos/C. Guynn)

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(Above) The Recorder's soul food pitch-in included navy beans, collard greens, black eyed peas, chitterlings, cornbread and fried chicken.

(Right) Crystal Dalton of the business office, enjoys all the delicious soul food The Recorder pitch-in had to offer.

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The newly elected Executive Committee Officers for the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Alpha Mu Omega chapter are (standing left to right) Felecia Roseburgh, Nancy Dillon, Sheila Bonds, Tracie Bell, Shirley Williams, Sylena Tensley, Mary Wheeler, Mari Abdullah, Martha Mitchell, Angela Burett, Crystal Baker, Natalie Henson and Veronica Powell. (Seated left to right) are Karen Applewhite, Jarnell Burks-Craig, Nikki Henson, Stacia Gray, Ellen Sayles and Doris Parker. (Photo/C. Guynn) Kappa Banquet Members of the Indianapolis Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity attended the annual Founder's Day Banquet. Pictured » (left to right) are Myron Hardiman, James Mosby, Stevenson Nicholson, Samuel C. Hamilton, Andy Crowe, Sr., Bill Mays and Arthur Carter, Sr. Hardiman, Mosby, Mays and Carter are all Elder Watson Diggs awardees. This chapter is the only one in the nation to have four living Diggs awardees. Diggs was one of the founding members of the

Every year the Children's Museum helps pay tribute to Dr. Martin Luthei King's legacy by allowing free admission into the museum. During Monday's celebration Evangelist Summer Flowers and her daughter Destiny visited the museum's science exhibit called “What if you dug up a dinosaur." (Photo/J. Hurst) T

Recorder Editor Shannon Williams chatted with Kappa member Regan Robinson. Robinson provided the invocation and benediction during the event.

Hamilton (left) is the 30th Grand Polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi. Jon Williamson, vice president of the Inner Fraternity Council was also present at the reception. (Photos/C. Guynn)