Show For And About Teenagers I JUST rf c CANT CAN'T TALK LK t I 1 rb t MI MY v I FATHER FATHER- 4 IR OPENLY Y 1 i ij ft 1 i kl r TILE THE WEEKS WEEK'S LETTER Ilave I have lave a problem in which I need advice badly Im I'm only fifteen but people say I look and act older My problem is that I want to date but my parents wont won't allow it it I can cant can't t set down and talk to them like most teenagers and their parents Ive I've tried to talk to my mother but she doesn't understand My father is a different differ differ- ent problem I just can cant can't t talk to him openly I think sometimes I Im I'm m afraid of him Well if there Is any advice you can give me it Will be appreciated OUR REPLY The first thing you e u need do is establish a suite suitable suit suit- able able talking relationship with your parents If your father is an average parent there is no reason rea rca son on for you to be afraid of him What some teenagers often orten fail fall to understand is that parents sometimes just don dont don't t know how to get the conversation going And unless the son or daughter brings the matter out in the open parents may not know there is a problem of any kind Talk to your parents That's the first step You will need their permission permission sion to start dating That permission permission permission sion may come sooner if you get getto getto getto to know one another better than you do now IF II you have tiova a teenage problem you want won to lo d discuss or an on on to 0 mole mako add address addo ess your letter loor to a FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS SUBURBAN PRESS SERVICE FRANKFORT KENTUCKY |