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Show FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS By C. D. Smith On The Subject Of Teenage Allowance fc!r& iU just have (A GLASS OF WATER 111 up with the other fellow ... in spending money or anything else. We must, of course, be competitive, competi-tive, ambitious and always striving striv-ing to improve ourselves in every way that we can . . . but we must do it with the idea of bettering ourself and not just "keeping up with the Joneses." No matter how far in life we progress, -how much money we may be able to make, or how high the position we attain for ourselves financially and socially, so-cially, we don't have to lock far to see someone that is just a bit ahead of us. If a teenager has a set allowance allow-ance and his parents say "that's it" and won't let him work after school to augment this amount, then this boy or girl must learn to "live within" that allowance. This ! may not be pleasant, but it will certainly be excellent training for the years that are to come. Ours is a prosperous country, but there are few families in it who do not have to watch their budget, regardless re-gardless of their income bracket. If you have a trenage problem feu want to discuss, or an obstrralioi to make, address your letter to Ton AND AF.OIT TEKNAOFRS. NAT..V. AL WI'EKLT XEffSPAfEB hk.ll V-ICE. V-ICE. FKAJsKf OUT, Kl. "The allowance that I get from my parents isn't anything like what my friends get from theirs and this puts me In an embarrassing embarrass-ing position sometimes when I can't pay my own way. I've tried to explain this to my parents, but they won't give me any more-end more-end they won't let me take a job after school to earn some. Are they wrong?" Thert art several thing that must be considered. First, the family's financial fi-nancial condition. It may be that the (Ulowanct it all that the family can stand according to a limited budget. On the other hand, if financial condition condi-tion has nothing to do with the amount set by parents as an allowance, allow-ance, perhaps they believe that it is sufficient. If it is not within reason, the teenager should try to convince them that he needs a little more, else he should 69 allowed to take a part-time part-time job after school in order to earn some money of his own. On the other hand, one thing must be considered. We cannot go through We trying to always keep |