Kia ora dear XT readers.

Child education experts agree that what happens in the first few years of a child's life plays a major role in their intellectual development. Research has shown that for a child to reach it's maximum potential, it needs a nurturing environment.

My parents grew up when the rule was "children should be seen but not heard". If the child was noisy or naughty then they were chastised with a slapping or even a belting.

Each generation passes their habits to the next and only education can break the cycle of ignorance, mismanagement of childs needs and the ongoing misery. 

I myself went into parenthood totally unaware of my children's needs and I regret that very much. In my ignorance I focussed on my work and other self-centered pursuits, assuming that my children would somehow find their own way to normal adulthood without my assistance, just as my own parents had done.

I'm now an advocate for spending more of taxpayer's funds on nurturing children in their early years. Every government should make a priority of creating the right conditions for child rearing.

The present system is not working and the result is that we have an epidemic of maladjusted, violent young people that resort to drugs, vandalism and crime. The cycle continues.

Too many parents are forced to work hard just to provide basic amenities of food and shelter for their children and consequently have no time, or are just too tired to nurture their children in the proper way as nature intended.

The advent of maternity leave in some countries is a promising sign of positive change. Hopefully paternity leave will follow and eventually be an accepted custom. 

If we want a stable and peaceful society, then we have to begin by giving parents compulsory education in proper parenting techniques and then make it easy for them to spend more quality time with the children, especially during the early years.

Aroha nui until next month.

Dr John K. Flynn B.D.Sc.
The Xerostar Times Editor 
Caring for Creative People
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Full country name: New Zealand
Area: 270,534 sq km
Population: 3.8 million
Capital city: Wellington (pop 345,000 )
People: 74% European (Pakeha), 13.5% Maori, 6% Polynesian, 6% Asian
Languages: English and Maori
Religion: Predominantly Christian (81%)
Government: Independent member of the British Commonwealth
Prime Minister: Helen Clark

GDP: US$85 billion
GDP per head: US$22,360
Annual growth: 2%
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MULTIPLAZ-2500 is the only Russian invention that was awarded the Grand Prix Prize in all of the years of the Geneva World Invention Salon history.

For the first time in the history of the metal working Industry, with the help of technology, a new device has been developed for the heat treatment of 
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The plasmatron is comprised of a plasma torch and an electronic power module with the total weight of only 6 kg. It can be carried to the work site in a small bag. No compressors, transformers, gas-cylinders or other heavy equipment is required to operate the device.

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The Polynesian Maoris reached New Zealand in about 800 AD. It now seems evident that they came from the island of Taiwan. The British proclaimed their sovereignty over the islands in 1840 and began settlement that same year. A series of land wars between 1843 and 1872 ended with the defeat of the native peoples. The British colony of New Zealand became an independent dominion in 1907 and supported the UK militarily in both World Wars. New Zealand's full participation in number of defense alliances lapsed by the 1980s. In recent years the government has sought to address longstanding Maori grievances. 

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