Page 16 - Palm City Spotlight - May '21

Page 16, Palm City Spotlight

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Improve Your Child’s Impulse His mom explained he has difficulty sitting for extended Teach your child impulse control by providing and
periods of time, that he frustrates easily, and cries quickly
practicing written house rules and expectations.
Control when things don’t go his way. Evan also had difficulty Second, play games that require impulse control.
waiting his turn and she has to repeat the same direction Remember Simon Says? Kids shouldn’t move until
By Jim Forgan, Ph.D., three or four times for him to act on it. She brought Evan Simon says so. Freeze tag requires impulse control. Play
School Psychologist to me for testing because she wanted to know if this was the game Red Light, Green Light with your child. Print
Si x - ye a r- o l d E v a n typical boy behavior or something else. or buy a book of simple mazes. Ask your child to trace
entered my office, saw Testing revealed it was something else and, despite his through the maze without allowing the pencil to touch
me, and said in a loud best effort, he did not have control of his impulses. Mom the side.
voice, “You’re bald!” He wanted to know how she could teach Evan impulse control. If your child’s teacher is on board, donate a copy of
then pushed the handle on These strategies helped her, and they might help you too. Impulse Control Activities & Worksheets For Elementary
the water cooler dispenser First, provide loving boundaries. Have you ever visited School Students by Tonia Caselman. Your child isn’t the
which squirted cold water an all-you-can-eat food buffet and just gone wild eating only one that could improve self-control. Finally, Google
onto the floor. He walked way more yummy food that you should have? It was a “marshmallow test kids” and try this one with your child.
away and said, “What’s free-for-all with no limits, so if you did not have self- Practice will improve your child’s impulse control.
in here?” as he opened a control, you ate too much. Life can’t be a free-for-all We evaluate children ages 4 and up for anxiety, ADHD,
cupboard. It was immediately clear that Evan had low for our children. They need caring adults to set realistic dyslexia, learning difficulty, and so much more. Call (561)
impulse control. boundaries for them and they’ll act within those limits. 625-4125 or visit JimForgan.com.
Treasure Coast Outdoors

Will The Ocean Run Out Of According to the documentary, industrialized commercial of fish on a single trip.
fishing presents a number of problems.
Along with overharvesting, there is a huge problem
Fish? According to the documentary abandoned commercial with bycatch, which is unwanted fish, dolphins, and sea
fishing nets make up about 46 percent of the floating turtles. Then we have the huge nets that are dragged over
By Jim Weix plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. If you reefs. These destroy the reef, which is also the breeding
Most of us remember include all plastics in the entire ocean, including the ground for fish.
the catastrophic results microplastics, these nets account for 10 percent. So what about our local commercial fishermen? I think
that gill netting had on Then there is the issue of whales being tangled in these it is safe to say that they aren’t pulling millions of tons of
our local fish populations. nets. These “ghost” nets also continue to kill fish as they fish out of the ocean. Instead, they provide some of the
That is why Florida voters float around in the ocean. fish that Treasure Coast residents can buy locally. They
allowed a constitutional According to the documentary, worldwide consumption are also subject to harvest restrictions.
amendment in 1994 to ban of fish and the massive worldwide industrial commercial Editor’s note: Jim Weix is an avid hunter, angler,
them in Florida waters. fishing industry that provides the fish could result in an conservationist, as well as an outdoor writer.
However, they are still used empty ocean by 2048. Obviously that date is subject to Jim is included in the Wisconsin Waterfowl Association’s
throughout the many parts debate, but the bottom line is that worldwide, we are Hall of Fame, for his work in helping restore thousands
of the world. harvesting far more fish than the ocean can naturally of acres of wetlands. Jim is a broker associate with The
Commercial fishing supplies the world population with replace. Keyes Company. He can be reached at (772) 341-2941
fish to eat. However, I wonder how long the oceans can China alone catches 11.5 million tons of fish. Their or by email: jimweix@jimweix.com.
keep providing enough fish. A Netflix documentary called commercial fishing vessels are the size of a small city.
Seaspiracy might be something we all want to watch. One vessel catches, fillets, and freezes thousands of tons
Pet Matters

by Pat Deshong, President of Furry Friends Featured Adoptables
Adoption, Clinic & Ranch, May 2021
Ms. West
“For the Love of Animals” Sweet Ms. West is STILL
features real stories happening waiting for her forever home.
at Furry Friends in Jupiter. We
are The Humane Society of Ms. West is about 1.5 yrs. old
Greater Jupiter/Tequesta and the and has the most beautiful
only no-kill shelter open to the coloring. She was brought in
public in northern Palm Beach as a stray, so we don’t know
County. We’ve been rescuing, all too much about her. She is
rehabilitating, and re-homing
the homeless animals in our shy at first but can be sweet
community for more than 30 and loving with patience and
years. Our not for profit 501c3 understanding. Anyone would
organization consists of our be lucky to have this stunner
Jupiter based adoption center, join their family.
veterinary clinic (open to the It’s been about 6 months since that fateful day, and we are
public), thrift boutique, and happy to share a glimpse of the highly anticipated transformation.
Palm City Ranch. Sammy
Hope has been living with her new forever family, the Jacobs,
since the end of November. Her transformation is nothing short Abandoned at a boarding
of miraculous and is why we do what we do every day...so more facility... unbelievable! This
It was mid-October 2020, President Pat Deshong received a dogs will have “Hope” for a new, loving furever home. boy loves to be loved. Sammy
text she would not soon forget. As she opened her messages, she is a beautiful 5 year old terrier/
was horrified at the images of two emaciated dogs and immediately
agreed to help. She learned that an employee at a WalMart in St. chocolate lab mix, who weighs
Lucie County had witnessed two sweet and incredibly neglected 65 lbs. He loves his crate but
puppies being abandoned near the dumpster. One of our rescue doesn’t need to be crated. He
partners went out to the scene, after seeing the extensive medical likes to hide his food in his
care the pair would need, she called Furry Friends. They arrived favorite bowl so he knows
at our Jupiter facility too weak to stand and walk on their own,
so we carried them inside. They weighed 20 and 21 pounds and where it is for later. AND he
not the 45 - 50 they should. We gave them soft beds to rest on as knows basic commands! He’s lived in a home with cats
their entire bodies looked skeletal with a thin layer of fur covering and was fine with them. As for humans and dogs, he would
their protruding bones. We offered them their first meal in weeks thrive best if proper introductions are made.
to months. Their new names are Hope and Truman.

When considering adding a furry family member to your
family, please visit our Palm City Ranch at 4841 SW Zarrella
Street or our new Jupiter Adoption Center at 100 Capital Street in
the Jupiter Commerce Park. PLEASE CALL 561-747-5311 AND
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT PRIOR TO VISITING EITHER
LOCATION DUE TO COVID-19.
Blessings to you for your support and faith in us… all for the
LOVE of animals!

Patricia Deshong, President

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