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Show FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS C D $mi,h Eiahteen -Year-Old Doubts About Going Steady w (Q U , how sHould IvVjlxu a girl at llli-tJv'u wii Miitm v boy of eighteen should not be dating dat-ing every night, whether he dates the same girl, or a different girl each night. Some teenagers become be-come so wrapped up in dating or going steady that there isn't room in their thoughts for anything else. This Is serious. At eighteen, a boy should have pretty much of an idea about what he hopes to do with bis life. He should be looking to the future and, through " activities at school, church, or on a full or part-time job, he should be working toward the day when he will be In a position to offer, some girl the chance to go steady for life. How do you treat a girl of sixteen? You treat her the same as if she were fifteen, eighteen or twenty. Treat her with respect, with courtesy and with kindness. These are considerations due any "lady" and have nothing to do with age. If r have a tstnai arablem yea want U diacasa, r an beratlon make, addreaa your Irtter to FOR AND ABOl'T TEENAOKRS. NATIONAL NATION-AL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER SERVICE, SERV-ICE, FRANKFORT, KY. THE WEEK'S LETTER: "I have a girl friend. She is nice. She is sixteen and I am eighteen What do you think about this? Is she old enough to date or go steady? Which do you think is best? She likes to dance and to skate. How many dates a week should you have and how should you treat and care for her at sixteen? I would like all the facts on dating." OUR REPLY: A girl who is sixteen six-teen should have some dates. Most teenage girls prefer to date boys who are one or two years older. Vi This writer does not believe It any more advisable to go steady at sixteen than to start at thirteen or fourteen. Chapter after chapter, chap-ter, and book after book could be compiled in listing the reasons why teenagers should not go steady too soon. How many dates a week, should you have? This is another question ques-tion about going steady. How many raindrops does it take to make a shower? Our recommendation recommen-dation regarding frequency of dating dat-ing is simple: don't overdo it. A |