Show Are Parents Just Gullible By Ruth Millett Millen The two pretty college girls were talking over the week end they had spent at home and one of ot them told how she had managed managed managed man man- aged to spend an evening at a joint her father had told her to keep away from Parents are so gullible she said as she finished her story story story- and both girls laughed indulgently indulgently gently Parents today must be gullible Otherwise how do you account for the numbers of sweet faced young kids strolling along downtown downtown downtown down down- town streets at night their giggles giggles giggles gig gig- and sidewise glances at boys in uniform telling ng the world they are just waiting to be picked up Certainly their parents dont don't know what they arc are up to They must think they are at a movie or listening to records at one of the girls girl's houses or studying for fora a mythical exam And the young girls sitting in poorly lighted taverns growing more sentimental with each drink Their parents parent must be so gullible they dont don't even sit up to see what time their kids get home and whether or not they have had anything to drink Of 01 course parents like to believe believe believe be be- lieve whatever their kids tell them It is ig so comforting to think that sweet little is studying algebra with Jane It would be mighty uncomfortable if It mother let herself wonder if Susie might not be somewhere else But in these times parents cant can't afford the temporary peace of mind the they receive from being what the they call caU trusting and their kids call gullible They ought to tomake tomake tomake make it their business to know what their kids are up to |