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TODAY'S CHILD
Ann Landers
.BY HELEN ALLEN
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DEAR ANN LANDERS: I
lost a child at birth. My husband
and I are not young anymore
and we wanted that baby more
than anything in the world. We
were depressed for months and
we know,,it will be a long time
before we are back to normal.
It has been nearly a year and
we are still receiving phone calls
and letters addressed to "You
Lucky Parents" and "Happy
Mother of a New Baby." People
are trying t� sell us everything
from photographs taken at 30
•day intervals to diaper service
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and education insurance.
Y.9sterday I had a splitting
headache. The phone woke me
up. A woman's voice,
(sickeningly sweet) asked,
"How's the new baby?" Before I
could speak, she launched into
her sales pitch. I interrupted her
in a blunt, matter of fact way, I
told her she had no right to
invade the privacy of our home
and added, "We lost our baby
and I am sick of these calls." She
virtually screamed in my ear,
"Don't get so huffy. How in the
hell was I supposed to know?"
Surely, Ann, someone should
be able to check and learn
whether or not there is a baby in
the house. Or am I wrong? —
TULSA
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Kim looks ready to burst into tears, perhaps because she
didn't know the strange man trying to coax her to smile for
her picture. This little Ojibway girl is 16 months old, with
bright, intelligent dark eyes, fine dark hair and medium
complexion. A. plump, sturdy child, she is in excellent •
health, her only illness having been an early attack of
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broncho -pneumonia. Kim, who has spent her short life in a
warm, secure atmosphere filled -with love and stimulation,
is an alert, responsive, contented child, with a sweet disposi-
tion. She enjoys other children and 'does not take long to
make friends with adults. This little girl needs a mother and
father who will welcome .and love .a dear little Indian
daughter. To inquire about adopting Kim please write to
a Today's Child, Department of Social and Family Services,
Parliament Buildings, Toronto 182. For other information
about adopting ask your Weal Children's Aid Society,
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James Richardson & Sons Ltd -
Serving The Feed Dealers of Western Ontario
PHONE 524-8388, GODERICH
hive - been told by other
mothers that we are total
squares, completely out of touch,
and very old-fashioned. Are we?
— BEND, OREGON.
DEAR PEND: In my opinion
simple jewelry is perfectly fine
for little girls — and eight to ten
year olds are little girls. On the
other hand, eye makeup, lipstick
and red nail polish are in 'poor.
taste and should not
permitted.
I think textured hose look
• very sweet on little girls but I
hope you mean textured hose
'and not net stockings which
were once the trademark of
streetwalkers and loose' women.
DEAR ANN LANDERS: My,
babysitter is a nice high school
girl. I've made it clear that when
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Kids 'etting
she works for me she must not
have visitors.
This morning our six-year-old
daughter told me Rita had a girl
friend here lastnight and that
Rita had made her promise. not
to tell MOrnmy. I'm glad my
daughter told me but in turn, I
had to promise her that I
wouldn't say anything to Rita.
Now what do I dor I want
Rita to know that she must not
entertain guests In my absence
but I don't want to doublecross
my child- C. M.
DEAR' C. M.: It is very
important that you: not betray
your daughter's confidence. 'Say
nothing to Rita. Tell your child
that if Rita has company again
she -must NOT promise to keep
her secret, and that she must
then tell, you.
Pws
rough deal
Have you noticed what has '14 your horrendous education
happened to all those tense, taxes.
harassed, haggard, harried, It's not that I don't enjoy
hysterical Women who .vere getting back on the job in Sep -
around all summer? They've tember. If I did, I wouldn't be
suddehly turned into fat cats, right in the head. It's a pleas -
smiling, relaxed, ready to turn ant change after two months of
the other cheek rather than my wife and daughter driving
belt you on yours.
me crazy, singly or in tandem:
.
Instead of two women yat-
Knowtering and wheedling and
why? Because their
-kicts are back to school, that's scolding and nagging and ca-
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why. Not that they don't love
their children. No, no, no. All joling and conning me, all I
mothers love their children, have to face is about 165 kids
doing the same. But there's
But they can't STAND them
safety in numbers.
after two months' holidays.
DEAR T: Checking would be
time consuming and expensive,
but well worth the investment,
in my opinion. Unfortunately,
most firms wouldn't spend the
money.
The woman who replied to
you in such a boorish mariner
should have been reported to the
company for whom she works. I
hope you got the name and did
so.
DEAR ANN: I'll come
straight to the point and hope
you will, too. Is it in good taste
for girls between the ages of 8
and 10 years of age to wear
jewelry, and lace hose, use
lipstick, eye makeup and red nail
polish?
We are five mothers who have
daughters .in this age group and
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Paradise on earth is not the
Isles of Greece, or two cars, or
four credit cards, or a mink
stole.- It's sitting down with a
cup of coffee after the kids are
Of to school and realizing that
you won't see them for. any-
where from three to six hours,
Silence. Golden. No more of,
"Jane's mean. Billy won't give
back my bike. When are we
going for a swim? I wanna '
popsicle. There's nothing to do.
It's hot outside. How come we
never have any cold popr And
so on.
Lucky ladies. No dirty bare
feet tracking through the
house. No whining. No de-
mands for the impossible. No'
fighting. Nothing but an hour
of blessed solitude, with a cup
of coffee and maybe a ciga-
'rette for the depraved, and
nothing to listen to except Jol-
ly Jack, the disc jockey. Even
getting at the dishes and , the •
washing is a pleasure, when
there'snobody there snivell-
ing, "I fell and hurt my knee,
Mum, Mum my knee hurts,
Mum."
Well, girls, 1 hope you enjoy
it. You deserve it. But while
you're lolling in this sybaritic
splendor, let me remind you
that I and all the other idiots
who teach school are stuck
with your rotten kids fOr ten
months, six hours a day. Keep
this in mind when You scream
And I have some authority
"at school. If a kid bugs me too
much, I can threaten him with
all sorts of dreadful punish-
ments, like being sent to the
principals office, which terri-
fies him 'about as much as
being attacked by a bunny rab-
bit.
Or I can resort to the final
edict, "Look, if you're 16 and
you don't like it here, out,
vamos, raus, get lost. - There's
the door. You're free." This is
fairly effective, especially in
winter, because they don't
want to go to work.
' Another delightful aspect of
getting to work is meeting all
my old friend S on the staff.,
There's the cut -and -thrust wit
of the staff room at lunch
hour, much like the atmos-
phere of the French salon t of
the 18th century. "Who's got
the crossword puzzle'? Gawd,
my feet are Willa' me. Jeez, I
wish it was Friday."
And there's the genuine
thrill of staff meetings, where
the real, gritty business of edu-
cation is discussed with a dig-
nity and decorum that Would
shame the Senate. Sometimes,
in only 40 minutes, we decide
whether gum-che,wing is al-
lowed daily, or only during ex-
ams, to relieve tension. And
often, with remarkable dis-
patch, say half an hour, we
decide, within four inches, how
long a boy's hair or how short
a girl's dress must be.
However, 1 do like kids, and
it IS rewarding to watch them
grope, then cope. And a few
weeks ago a couple of former
'students, now at university,
Who were real hellers when I
. taught them, asked me out for
a game of golf. And then a
little girl called me up, and
'asked if she could be in my
English class.
And Jerry, a boy of whom I
TatFier despaired, but a good
lad, asked Kim what I wanted
for a gift last June, when .he
graduated, magna sans laude.
She replied, rather intelli-
gently, I thought, "give him
something he likes,, and some-
thing useful," All on his own,
he hustled downtown and
bought me a bottle of good
Burgundy and three golf balls.
When a chap shows judgment
like that, you can't help feeling
you've succeeded, somehow.
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