Show J Jq BY AMY q ADAMS WREN WilEN SHOULD DATING START Dear Amy I have art un only child chUd a daugh ter who Just turned 13 She has been conscious boy since she was 30 10 but was never allowed to have a boyfriend Last week she met a friend In fn the movies and they sat together Two wo boys came along whom they knew and sat with them Well they hugged and stole a few kisses I 1 was upset when I found this out but did not show it Instead I asked my daughter to bring her male friend home for me to meet So this weekend week I met him and am sat sat- satisfied at that he seems like a nice boy lie He Is two years older than my daughter Should I Insist that she watt walt until she Is older before dating If I 1 do Im I'm afraid my daughter will wUl no longer confide In me and andI I will always she Is meeting when she Is al allowed lowed out My daughter and lace lare very close and I know she Is not stupid l I do not allow her to have single dates and she does not go out at night A Troubled Mother Dear Troubled Its It's perfectly normal for 13 year old girls to get the boy boy- urge However its it's ob- ob obvious ob your daughter doesn't know how to conduct herself Its It's your o r Job to teach her and to set sel the puce of her social life Chap Chap- Chaperoned parties and social fune at school are quite enough at 13 Tell her with loving kl kindness that one step down c calls a lis for another and to 10 gain the respect or of the opposite sex she m must list con frol her emotions If you are a n- n your daughter will not respect your wishes there Is something lacking In your dose close relationship Y e eDear Dear Amy My husband and I have been married for 20 years Our son Is 18 years old uld and doesn't even know his hl grandfather my hue hus bands band's father father Since our son was wasa a b baby a b y his grandfather has hast hasI t I never sent him Mm a birthday card cardo or o anything else We tried to In terest him to the boy but he never seemed to care whether he saw him or not He doesn't treat us any better either But Dut regardless of aU all this I continue to send him a Fathers Father's Day card every year Well he recently had a stroke and since Im I'm a I was wondering II if III I should Include a gift with the card this year lie He never acknowledges any any- anything anything thing we have ever given him any any- anyway anyway way but as I said Im I'm a Mrs W o F Dear Mrs frs W IV F Send him a card Dear Amy Recently a friend of mine told me a Joke which I thought was very funny and of course I told him so During the night I re- re remembered a magazine that prints Jokes The next day I told him about the magazine He said I shouldn't sent It to this magazine they would publish my name with the Joke and if the person who made up the Joke sees It In print he could sue me I said I cant can't be sued but my friend Insists that I can cun Amy what's the story and can I use my own awn i Dear Line fly If the Joke has previously ap ap- ap appeared In print under a line byline more than likely It has been copy copyrighted righted To use or submit this Joke for publication It Is sary ot to get the permission of the theauthor author Unless your friend made up the johe or It was written anonymously he Is you might be guilty of plagiarism and can be sued Dear Amy Our son Is subject to the draft Recently a friend told us there there-Is there is isa a 11 selective service ruling t that hat when there is one son In the family to carry on the family name he will not be drafted We want to know If this Is true Mr Mrs Q QT T Dear Mr Mrs There Is such a ruling but there must be extenuating circum stances to obtain such a deter Imen ment For further Information contact your local Selective Ser See vice Board on n the qt q I t S 4 Address all letters to AMY ADAMS o c TillS NEWSPAPER For or a personal reply envelope |