Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-09-27 | Page 9 | Wartime 'Teen-Age Youth Needs Extra Aid and Understanding

I. I Wartime T Teen Age een- een p Youth Needs Needs' I Extra Aid and Understanding Ruth Millett By 1 Take rake a look at year old I susie susie sie She maybe your daughter for er th the girl 1 next door She ghe he isn't a a. juvenile delinquency case But she is suffering from from tv cy what hat so many 15 and 16 olds i olds ear are suffering from to- to daY a ay-a ay bad case of self susie if J you u can get her to toI toi talking i will tell you Jou that it Jt isso is ls so no fun at all being young inI in m mime I I ime She will tell you that too to her ler parents are busy show much interest in her and that all they think think-or talk about is her older brother who is somewhere in the Pacific She may admit that she is bored with school and anxious to get a job which job which her family wont won't ont permit Shell She'll bewail the fact that she cant can't drive the family car and that theres there's not much fun for young folks any more She even may be resentful of the towns town's curfew that demands that she and her friends he off the street by 10 or 11 o'clock at night Susie is a nice straightforward ward kid and she may never g get t into any serious trouble But many of those who have the same rebellious attitude are getting getting get get- ting into trouble every day What can parents do to make life happier for their own Susies Susies' That is a really important question ques ques- ti tion n today First they can cn try to make Susie see that the war is hard on every age group group in m one way or another It may not sink in though because Susie is at a a self-centered self age when sh she is likely to think that what happens hap hap- pens lens to other people isn't very important Anyway parents can try to make the ilie Susies of bf the world understand that war demands demands de de- de- de mands sacrifices of everyone Needs Attention Then they ought to tart dart payIng paying pay pay- ing more attention to Susie Her small problems problems problems-or or rather the problems that look small to her parents parents ought ought to get attention and consideration and not just be waved aside because the parents parents par par- exits have real worries And then the parents should figure out ways to make Susies Susie's life ie happier happier to to see that she has hasa a better time p 0 It is as important for Susies Susie's mother to give some parties for her and her crowd as to do war work For Susie is at an age where she needs and demands some fun and her parents ought to see that she has it Susie isn't just a silly little high school girl She is a a. real wartime problem And na the problem problem lem is one for lor her parents to get busy on