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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
Caravan family stunned by emu and ostrich strutting through campsite
Krystelle Schneider and her family spent time with an ostrich and an emu while camping at Silverton Outback Camels campground last week. Video transcript Welcome to our campsite. Who's this today, Clara? An ostrich, an emu, and lots of goats. An ostrich and an emu have come to visit. Oh, what was that? You just did math.
Spectator
13-07-2025
- General
- Spectator
Why shouldn't we call children ‘naughty'?
As we approach the final countdown to the school summer holidays and I am faced with the prospect of lots more quality time with my almost-five-year-old, and absolutely no idea what I will fill the days with, it seems a good moment to evaluate my style of parenting and seek out some advice to help the family get through the summer with our sanities intact. These days, there is a whole animal kingdom of parenting styles to choose from: could I be an elephant mother? A panda, a jellyfish? Or the better-known tiger mum – usually associated with parents pushing their children towards over-achievement. This year my son has learned to read, write simple sentences and, significantly, will go for a poo on his own, so I feel like we have already reached the pinnacle of what can be achieved in the academic year – so not tiger for me. Besides, if I'm honest, I'm not really looking for help on how to help my son achieve his goals – especially given his biggest aim is to get me to buy him the Hot Wheels T-rex transporter (for those blissfully unaware: a giant truck with light-up, roaring-effect T-rex head). Really, where I'd be open to some advice is on the day-to-day management of the emotional fallout of being four or five. How do you deal with tantrums and meltdowns, and – the worst – prolonged whining, when your tiny tyrant shows immense resistance to reasoned argument (and you're also dealing with a two-year-old who has recently discovered the power of 'no')? Many modern parenting styles focus on managing a child's emotions and behaviour, such as the millennial favourite 'gentle parenting' – where a child's feelings are validated but parents do not use rewards or punishments. And today's parenting 'experts' also seem to prize the validation of a child's emotion above all else, allowing it to dictate how you discipline a child. My interest was piqued recently by an interview with BBC anchor turned child counsellor Kate Silverton on the Netmums podcast. She suggested that parents ban the word 'naughty', as she claims children can internalise the label and think ''I'm bad. I'm naughty'. And then it becomes: 'That's me. That's who I am.'' She concludes: 'That's where sort of delinquency comes from.' But isn't 'naughty' exactly the kind of word you need when dealing with a young child's bad behaviour? It's an adjective made for children. 'Don't throw your toys everywhere, that's naughty.' 'Don't hit your sister, that's naughty.' You are not labelling your child with a permanently naughty identity – merely explaining to them what is good and bad behaviour, in appropriate terms. And what would you say instead? To actively try not to use the word goes against your parenting instincts. I am not only looking to raise children who are 'heard', I also want to raise individuals who are well-behaved and resilient Parental instincts are not always given enough importance by those offering advice. Silverton makes some decent points about taking a moment to calm yourself so that you can react in a more measured way, and trying not to unload your own childhood emotional baggage on to your children (although that might put her out of business as a therapist). But some of her tricks and tips, such as for defusing tantrums, are cringe-inducing and even counterintuitive. Silverton offers the example of picking up her child from nursery and bringing an apple as a snack when her child wanted an orange. The child proceeds to have a tantrum, lying on the ground in front of other parents. (I feel her pain, as this week I was treated to a full meltdown after I cut my son's toast in half, when he preferred it whole.) In these scenarios, Silverton advises that you should get down with your child and attempt to match their energy as you articulate what you sense they are feeling. She calls it her 'SAS' tool: See/Sense, Acknowledge, Soothe. In the podcast, she demonstrates by adopting an exaggerated angry toddler tone: 'You are so cross right now…' Honestly, I would sooner crawl out of my own skin than do this. And in front of other parents too? Absolutely not. Surely I cannot be the only parent who thinks the key aim in a tantrum scenario is not to validate your child's emotions, but rather to correct the bad behaviour and make your child understand that throwing a tantrum is unacceptable and will not get them what they want. Naturally, I want my children to know they can talk to me about any problem, big or small. But as a mother I am not only looking to raise children who are 'heard', I also want to raise individuals who are well-behaved and resilient. Acknowledging your child needs help regulating their emotions shouldn't mean abandoning all use of negative or authoritative language. When my son made his feelings crystal clear about the injustice of having his toast cut in half and demanded a new piece of toast, I said no, it was cut toast or nothing. And eventually, he ate the toast. Look, I'm not a monster, and for the sake of a peaceful summer I'll try my hardest not to cut his toast again. But if I forget, maybe, just maybe, he won't react the same way again.
CBS News
12-07-2025
- Sport
- CBS News
Michigan ultrarunner collapses, dies during 100-mile Colorado footrace
An ultrarunner collapsed on a high mountain trail outside Silverton only three hours after the start of the Hardrock Hundred, a 102.5-mile endurance race in the southwest Colorado mountains. A photo taken at sunrise Friday along the Little Giant Trail near Silverton. An ultrarunner from Michigan collapsed near Gold Lake three hours into the Hardrock Hundred and passed away. Howie Stern/Silverton Medical Rescue/Facebook Authorities were alerted to a runner's collapse at 9:02 a.m. Friday, according to a press release from the San Juan County Sheriff's Office. Deputies, along with Silverton Medical Rescue personnel and a Flight For Life helicopter team responded to Gold Lake, a small body of water along the Little Giant Trail east of Silverton. Ground teams were able to drive within a quarter mile of the runner's location before hiking in. They replaced race safety personnel who initiated CPR and began their own resuscitation efforts, Silverton Medical Rescue stated on a social media post. An undated photo from Elaine Stypula's Instagram page Elaine Stypula/Instagram Sixty-year-old Michigan resident Elaine Stypula was pronounced deceased at 10:27 a.m. "I want to extend my condolences to the family, friends and community of Elaine Stypula," said Keri Metzler, a spokesperson for the San Juan County Colorado Coroner's Office. Stypula was a resident of Nomi, located in the Detroit metro area. Hardrock Hundred Competitors are given two days to complete the ultramarathon. The average finish time is 40 hours, race organizers described online. The race starts in Silverton and takes runners through Lake City, Ouray, Telluride, and Ophir before returning to Silverton. It also climbs thirteen major passes over 12,000 feet in elevation, with the highest point on the course being the 14,048 foot Handies Peak summit. "The Hardrock 100 Endurance Race has been exceptional in organization and safety throughout the years and an excellent partner to our community," said Tyler George Director of the Silverton Medical Rescue. Race organizers expressed their sadness Friday and promised to make grief counselors available "to any and all" in the community at the Silverton Gym.
CBS News
19-06-2025
- Business
- CBS News
Colorado mountain town's trash changes cause big stink with residents, businesses
After some changes in trash accessibility in the town of Silverton, some local restaurant owners are fighting to have things changed back to how they used to be. It's that, or at least find a middle ground as trash responsibilities change and littering ramps up. CBS Silverton has removed its "camp dumper," which was outside of town on the way into the wilderness for campers to use for free. The town hoped to keep the national forest clean and provide a convenient spot for refuse. A social media post from the town garnered many outcries both from locals as well as folks who visit the beautiful mountain area. The post asserted that less trash cans would equal less trash. This led to people thinking cans were going to be removed from the busiest part of the tourist-fueled downtown. The receptacles are also now outfitted with serious bearproofing. "Despite popular rumors, the town has the same number of convenience cans that we've always had around town," Mayor Dayna Kranker told CBS Colorado. "We've placed them maybe in some different areas, put a few out by the library up on a popular walking trail." The town was unable to provide the previous location for the trash cans, and the new spots for the cans. but the town told CBS Colorado it has moved to the street corners, as well as other high use areas for the public to utilize. "We're trying something new this year, and people can give us feedback," Kranker said. "By having them sort of at every block, it might encourage folks to walk a little bit more to take the beverage that they just purchased to the next store and shop at that store." That's frustrating for Molly Noel-Barela, the owner of Golden Block Brewery, who said her block used to have four cans on it. Now two adorn the corners of the block, and no trash can sits out front her brewery anymore. Noel-Barela said people are starting to litter right in front of her location, as well as entering her business to ask to dispose of things that include dirty diapers in her restaurant. This is happening because people are either not seeing the other trash cans, or could not figure out how to open them thanks to the new bearproofing. "I'm all for having bearproof trash cans," Noel-Barela said. "But they've closed up the four sides that used to be able to insert trash from, from all four directions, and they have created a bear proof mechanism that has no handle, so people cannot figure out how to open it." "You have to stick your fingers in there, pull it back, and the door is so heavy that I'm afraid there's going to be a lawsuit with missing digits." Noel-Barela said she's already heard of two people getting their fingers pinched in the heavy hinging door of the trash cans. All of this, she said, leads to trash where it shouldn't be, which makes their beautiful town that relies on tourism to survive less appealing. "Keeping it clean is huge," Noel-Barela said. "It's pride in your community. It's pride in your business." Mayor Kranker said she's proud of the community's efforts to find a solution to what she said was a tragic problem made painfully clear last year. That was when a bear was shot with a beanbag round in an effort to haze it away from trash overflowing in a dumpster, which killed the bear and orphaned two cubs. She said removing the "camp dumpster," which was constantly overflowing with garbage helps in their mission to stop something like that from ever happening again. The dumpster was also costing the town $18,000 a season, which was eating into the town's $3,000,000 budget. "That's a decent expense for a solution that wasn't working because the trash wasn't staying in the dumpster," Mayor Kranker said. While she admits people haven't given up trying to throw trash where the dumpster used to be (volunteers were able to collect 37 bags of garbage from the area recently) she believes the free, overfilled dumpster was not only a danger to bears, but was being abused. "It was getting filled with furniture and larger items," Kranker said. "It was getting used on days that the transfer station was an open by residential trash and so it was really overflowing." Mayor Kranker said she is open to new ideas from residents and guests to find a solution and would encourage folks to meet up with her to discuss the issues they have in good faith to find a solution that fits everyone. Noel-Barela believes there needs to be some other solution to the problem aside from just removing the dumpster and leaving only the dumpster at the gas station in town as an option for campers looking to dispose of their waste responsibly. In the meantime, she said her own dumpster has started to fill more, as guests look for new places to put their trash. "The only other thing I can think of is that us as business owners really do have to start taking responsibility for all of this," Noel- Barela said. "And then, if so, I want it deduction\\\\\ on my bills because I don't mind putting a trash can here (out front of my brewery) that we have to take in every night, in order to keep the trash from being dumped on the street."
Daily Mirror
18-06-2025
- Daily Mirror
This Morning viewers slam claim common habit harms kids psychologically
During an appearance on This Morning Trisha Goddard was quizzed on her thoughts about a common parenting habit Kate Silverton has claimed 'psychologically damages' kids A parenting debate has erupted on social media after This Morning hosts addressed TV presenter and child therapist Kate Silverton's recent claims that calling children "naughty" can be psychologically damaging, and some viewers are not having it. Silverton, who is a former BBC newsreader and a qualified counsellor, sparked controversy after saying parents should stop using the word altogether. While on the Netmums podcast, she said: "It's just a fallacy to call children naughty. They're not making conscious choices for the majority of the time. They are driven by a very, very immature brain and a nervous system that very often is being triggered." Silverton argued that when children are regularly labelled "naughty", they can begin to believe that label defines who they are. When Ben Shephard brought the topic up on This Morning, TV personality Trisha Goddard defended Silverton's ideology, affirming that the words you use to children can have a huge effect on them. She told the ITV show hosts: "I always believe in labelling the behaviour and not the person. "Naughty is probably the light end, but if you keep telling a child they're stupid or they don't know what they're doing or 'gosh you're always clumsy', it absolutely does sit in their head and set a trend. If you talk about the behaviour rather than labelling the child it's a much better way to go." But many viewers didn't agree with the softer parenting approach, and took to social media to voice their frustrations. One person wrote: "If you don't tell a child off then they will think that their behaviour is acceptable." Another went even further, saying: "Stop calling kids 'naughty'? This is why kids carry knives and commit crimes we see today. Soft parenting. The kids parenting the parents because the parents start to become scared of their own kids." Others questioned how the advice would apply to real life tragedies, asking: "What would Trisha say about the actions of the killers of Bhim Kholi?" Bhim Kholi is a man who was murdered while walking his dog in Leicestershire by two teens who have been convicted of manslaughter. During her appearance on Netmums, Silverton also said: "Our children internalise every day. They're taking in messages from us, from their friends, from their teachers. And words carry such weight of meaning. 'Oh, stop being silly. Oh, you are so naughty. Oh, he's the naughty one'. "We all fall into that trap, but our children are paying very close attention to how we think of them. And we might dismiss it as a comment – 'oh, he's so untidy. Oh, she's always late. She's a bit of a scatterbrain'. "They are internalising. And what they're internalising, because, again, they don't have that fully formed rational brain. 'I'm bad. I'm naughty.' And then it becomes: 'That's me. That's who I am'."
