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Show l)e Suit itlf tbrilmue Sunday, December 29, 1968 QUESTIONS UNLIMITED Happy New Year, to be the Olympics? Itmh. Send your letter to Debbie Meyer, care of Kitte Turmell, rare of our newspaper, and I will forward it to her. For Swim Tips for Future Champions request Kitte TlirmeH's free leaflet. Fatelnse a self-adressd, stamped en- k are some resolutions, printed in The .Student Press, Tulsa, Oklahoma. (From "Tiger Tales," Here tongue-in-chee- Tckoa High, Washington.) by student: T "ill not sit and look out the window when I get bored in claxs. I will vety politely get out and climb out the window. I will not sneak off the campus for an hour because I don't want to takothe biology test. I will hide in the washroom for By-law- s d velope. DEAR KIT l'E TERMEI.I.: We want to draw up a lhii!) code for social conduct for young people that will suit them, them parents pizza. L. Lerner, teen-ag- executive director of the B'nai B'rith Vocational Service, Baltimore, boy and his parents about future plans for school and a career. e to understand yourself and others Open Doors To A Happier New Year by Kitte Turmell OpEN ALL DOORS, to let happiness in at midnight, is a Danish custom to celebrate tbe start of your New Year. What's the closed-doo- r policy in your house? When you shut yourself up m your room, does it signify retreat? Or banishment? Or defiance? Do you hang up signs like Don't Disturb or ' Unwelcome Everybody"? Do you appear only after long intervals, and then only long enough to raid the refrigerator or cookie jar? AND DO YOL'R parents worry about it? Or take.it in stride? This is a point of friction in many families, reports Leon L. Lerner, the executive director of the B'nai B'rith Vocational Service in Baltimore, Md. For a happier New Year, here are his suggestions. Its natural to want to be by yourself in your room, to test, to study, to listen to the radio or talk to friends, Mr. Lerner explains. But you're over doing it when you fail to come to meals when called." SO. IF YOU CLOSE that door too often, ask yourself: "Am I ignoring my parents because we have so little in common? Is there anything wrong with our family life? Why dont I spend more time with my family? And why is there so little communication between us? r But on the other hand, your parents reaction. All your life they have known vvlial vou were doing every minute of the day. They could look in on you at any moment. You all took that for granted. Now there's suddenly a hairier you. They're hurt. They don't understand. con-ide- need to be left alone," Mr. Ix'rr.er says. Their room is really the best phut? for that. 'Jliey're safe and sound there, with no TEEN-AUER- The Salt They're not really rebelling against their it family. It's just that they peed this time .to think tilings through. wont go on forever What tilings? Mostly about themselves, in a new kind of world. Suddenly they're no longer children. They want to straighten out ideas about themselves, their bodies, ambitions, relationships with o titers. And they want to dream their dreams. ARE THESE TEEN-AGER- really alienated from their parents? Not at all. Behind that closed door they feel secure because they know they can stay away awhile, then come back without being rejected by their parents. How can a teen-age- r help his parents understand all this? First, lie can tell them vvliat he does in there. Some use tiie peace and quiet to do homework and serious reading. Some waste the time by watching TV or talking on the phone or reading junk. Of course, everybody does some He can also take a little time on his trips outside his room to talk to his family, to learn what they're doing. He should also find out vvliat his chores are, and then do them, lie should be on time for meals. HE SHOULD ALSO ask bis parents to give him advance notice before they entertain, especially if they expect him to Ik? a junior host. And he should make it clear that any time they ever really need to talk to him, all they have to do is knock, and that closed door will be opened wide. For her free leaflet Cues For Dates, send a self addi essod, stamped envelope with your Tribrixpiest to Kitte Turmell, The Salt I.ake une, 10. Box SliT, Salt Iaike City, Utah 84110. This includes (winters on how to handle in ways that can make your Now Year date-proble- happier. ake Tribune,. Sunday, llecembor 2!, IMS the community. a self- addressed. slumped envelope, rare of tins newspaper. Request my free Iroohlet on Tisui-Ag- e Codes' on which young pniple, parents, teachers and student leaders agree. Codes keep changing and the trend now is toward letting young people lake the lead, or rules hey consider fair and want1 to' follow, that will be acceptable to all concerned. Also, there's a Uend toward stronger codes for conservativ e dating early in teens. For example, hero are quotes from a strict code developed with community heip in .St. T will not bring candy and peanuts to eat during my world literature class. I will bring a talks with a and Help, please. M B. IKxir M.B.: Send about an hour. Leon in lcar lfu!i: readers Teen-Ager I will not go off in a corner and cry if a teacher bawls me out for something. I will go home and get my mother. I will not make smart remarks about the food they se.ve in the school cafeteria. I will simply call the supervisor. If I follow these resolutions my main problem will be' getting out of reform school. DEAR KITTE; Could you please tell me w here I can write to Debbie Meyer, the holder of three gold medals? She was in the Olympics at Mexico City. Also, how can I find out how Louis, Mo. doing steady is advocated (See . lage 2:.) that scrambled icord game forbids 1 $ iTisn.'iiirEirennonsense words These funny-lookinre actually REAL words, but their letters have been mixed up by someone. You must put their letters back into the right order so that they make or - UiXJSIi dinary words that you can find in thft dictionary. WRITE THE LETTERS OF EACH WORD UNDER EACH ON I AT NONSENSE WORD-RUT ONE LETTER TO EACH SQUARE. HOW VOU CAM PF?OP A FULL GLASS' AMP SPILL NO WA7E?., Color me Now you lire Teadv to find tha l.'NNY ANSWKRtothispuz.de. The picture above will Rive you a hint.Study it carefully. Then take the letPint the tVMt HSWtHE.fi worn Tst ters that appear in the circles and play around with them. You will lind that you can put them iu order so that cry form the answer you are looking for. rrn e (Answers appear on Pago 2?) 21 |