The fun day at Long House, Long House Lane, Cowfold, will take place from 10am and finish at 5pm on Saturday July 21.
The event will provide the sound of bagpipes from The Pinstripe Highlanders.
Activities will include a pentathlon and decathlon competition, a dog show, pony rides, terrier racing, ferrets, side shows and a tug of war.
Attendees will be well catered for with a hog spit roast, burger van, bar and a fizz tent.
There is free parking and entry to the event which is all in aid of three charities: Sussex Community Foundation, St Catherine’s Hospice and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
The Tregear family have been given big thanks for organising the event.
St Catherine’s helps people to live as independently as possible with medical conditions that, although they are incurable, can be treated and quality of life improved.
Care is provided free of charge at home, outpatients, day therapy and overnight in the Hospice.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation claims to be the number one diabetes charity, improving lives until we find the cure. It funds research to cure, treat and prevent type one diabetes.
For further details about the High Weald Games call 01403 864966 or email s.lodge.estate@btconnect.com.
Source: www.wscountytimes.co.uk
Divorce and Parenting: Teaching Valuable Life Lessons to Your Children - Huffington Post
As a divorced parent, what lessons and behaviors are you modeling for your children? The messages you convey will influence your children into adulthood. Here is valuable advice on leaving a positive imprint on your innocent children.
Bad things can happen to good people. Divorce is a prime example. Good people get divorced. Responsible people who are loving parents get caught in the decision to end a loveless or deceitful marriage.
The consequences of that decision can either be life affirming or destroying, depending upon how each parent approaches this transition. Parents who are blinded by blame and anger are not likely to learn much through the experience. They see their former spouse as the total problem in their life and are convinced that getting rid of that problem through divorce will bring ultimate resolution. These parents are often self-righteous about the subject and give little thought to what part they may have played in the dissolution of the marriage.
Parents at this level of awareness are not looking to grow through the divorce process. They are more likely to ultimately find another partner with whom they have similar challenges or battles and once again find themselves caught in the pain of an unhappy relationship.
There are others, however, for whom divorce can be a threshold into greater self-understanding and reflection. These parents don't want to repeat the same mistakes and want to be fully aware of any part they played in the failure of the marriage. Self-reflective people ask themselves questions and search within -- often with the assistance of a professional counselor or coach --- to understand what they did or did not do and how it affected the connection with their spouse.
These introspective parents consider how they might have behaved differently in certain circumstances. They question their motives and actions to make sure they came from a place of clarity and good intentions. They replay difficult periods within the marriage to see what they can learn, improve, let go of or accept. They take responsibility for their behaviors and apologize for those that were counter-productive. They also forgive themselves for errors made in the past and look toward being able to forgive their spouse in the same light.
These parents are honest with their children when discussing the divorce -- to the age-appropriate degree that their children can understand. (That doesn't mean confiding adult-level information to children who cannot grasp these issues!)They remind their children that both Mom and Dad still, and always will, love them. And they remember their former spouse will always be a parent to their children and therefore speak about them with respect around the kids.
By applying what they learned from the dissolved marriage to their future relationships, these mature adults start the momentum to recreate new lives in a better, more fulfilling way. From this perspective, they see their former marriage as not a mistake, but rather a stepping-stone to a brighter future -- both for themselves and for their children. When you choose to learn from your life lessons, they were never experienced in vain. Isn't this a lesson you want to teach your children?
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Rosalind Sedacca, CCT is a Divorce & Parenting Coach and author of How Do I Tell the Kids about the Divorce? A Create-a-Storybook Guide to Preparing Your Children -- with Love! The book provides fill-in-the-blank templates for customizing a personal family storybook that guides children through this difficult transition with optimum results. For a free ebook on Post-Divorce Parenting: Success Strategies for Getting It Right! and other valuable resource on divorce and parenting issues, go to: childcentereddivorce.com.
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