| Show can't talk to Dad like I used NOTE The following editorial is being reprinted from the Standard Examiner of July As school starts this bringing new experiences for the young we recommend that every parent would do well to read this A letter came in this week from a North Davis County youth that we believe should be read carefully by all The young man asked that we withhold his We understand If it sounds like it could be YOUR then read more If your son is not yet then this should be a He hope that you will print this letter in your Perhaps if my parents read it will tell them things that I can't tell them to their am a 18 years old to be Since school let out I have had two I have worked hard to keep these but because of things beyond my control I have lost believe that I am a sensible and reasonably responsible my parents don't think If I wish to do something or go I must ask them first and if it's after or unless it is of vital I can't do I am treated the same as a boy of instead of a young man of father never was a boy of 18 because when he was 18 he was a man fighting for his country in World War constantly tells me he wants me to go to college and I want to But if I have to enlist in the Army or the Marines and go fight in Viet Nam to prove to him that I'm the same as he was when he was then I claims he's proud of me and that he's interested in my But the only times he's interested in what I'm doing is when he gets credit for me because I'm his When I take a problem to him he's too busy television or something else I can't even talk to him like I used hope you don't take this I love him and I know he works hard all day to support his But I can't see why that should make me unimportant to just because I'm not burning up the want to keep loving my but I want him to love and I want him to treat me as if I'm 18 years and not I hope you will print this for |
