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TODAY'S CHILD
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John was shyly watchful when the photographer saw
him, as he is with most strangers. But this two-year-old
soon becomes happy and laughing. This little boy has big
brown eyes, auburn hair' and fair skin that tans well. He is
developing at an average rate, though he was a slow starter.
He says quite a few words and loves to provoke Laughter by
comical. antics. He is a good-natured, cheerful child unless
frustrated in his main desire -- to be outdoors. If he must
stay in he reconciles himself by playing with his toy monkey
which he calls ki-ki. He needs affectionate, active parents
who will enjoy a sunny-tempered'little boy. To inquire about
adopting Jolly please write to Today's Child, Department of
Social and Family Services, Parliament Buildings, Toronto
182. For general information about adoption ask your Child-
, ren's Aid Society.
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Ann Landers
Widow lies to sweetheart
DEAR ANN LANDERS: Last
year my, husband was killed in
an accident. He left me a widow
at 40, .childless and financially
independent. I couldn't bear to
stay in this town without him so
I moved to Seattle, had a
mini -face lift and started life
over. The surgery took years off
niy looks: When I ,applied for %
job I gave my age as 29.
In January • an attractive
young man came to work here,
He wore a moustache and a full
beard, said he was 33. We hit it
off well fromthe very first day.
Our friendship became stronger
and more meaningful as the
weeks went by. After three
months of steady datipg I knew
Lovas in lovei Last week he asked
me to marry him. I was in
seventh heaven when we flew to
'Detroit to meet his family.
When he introduced me to his
mother. I nearly went .through
the floor. She was one year
ahead of me in high school. She
didnot recognize me but I knew
her instantly. Later that evening
when my fiance and I were alone
I made a big issue of his
mother's youthfulness. It was
then that he confessed he had
lied about his age. J -Ie is only 23
years old.
Am I crazy to want -to marry '
him anyway? He is the most
charming man I've ever met and
I'm sure he loves me. I realize in
10 years I could look like his
grandmother, but I'm willing to
take my chances. What do you
say'?- Indigo.
the kind • who kicks and hits
things tp make them work.
When the car developsengine
trouble he gets out, swears his
head off and kicks the car. When
the radio or TV go on the bum
he bangs it with his fists. Las0
night the' air conditioner' broke
down. He got so mad he hit it
with a wrench.. Today the repair
man told me the unit is so badly
damaged that fixing it wouldn't
pay.
Why would a person behave
this way? Common sense ought
to tell hint that knocking a
machine around won't. do it any
good: Please help me understand
what goes on with these people.
— LANCASTER, PENN.
DEAR LANN: Pedple who hit
°and kick inanimate objects in an
attempt to "fix" them are
Illllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
actually' doing something more.
They are "punishing" the object
for breaking down.
Of course this is a childish
way to deal with anger and
frustration, but it's better to
kick a car or beat on an
electrical appliance than_ a
person.
CONFIDENTIAL- TO
ETHOS: The sentiments
expressed in, your letter' don't
measure up to your signature.
Ethos in Greek means "lover of
wisdom." I see no .wisdom and
very little love in your
determination to get even with
"every, dirty, low-down skunk"
who voted against your
candidate. (And for a college
office yet!)
Study to Assess Safety
of New -Style Bicycles
DEAR IN: Why don't you High-rise "bull horn"
play Ann Landers with this one? /are admired by the bicycle set,
Here are the facts: A 40 -year-old , authorities.
woman lies to her sweetheart.
She says she is 29. He in turn lies
to ,her andsays he is 33. He is
'actually 23. They want to get
married. The woman asks for
your advice. What, would you
tell here?
Rest assured shell make up
" her own mind no 'matter what
handle
bars and elongated banana seats
but may be unsafe, say safety
you say — which is,'of course, as
it should be.
DEAR ANN LANDERS: My
husband has a foul temper. He's
RY
"Banana" seats and high-rise
handle bars, bicycle gadgets that
excite the admiration of modern
small fry. are under scritiny by
the Department of Transport.•
The inyestigation is the result
of opinions voiced by police and
other authorities that the new -
style, low -;slung bikes with their
high handle ,bars and elongated ,
sects are, less controllable, and
therefore less safe, than standard
models,
'1"hey also point- to the new
hic\cles as a possible factor,. rt
Ontario's disproportionate in-
crease in bicycle fatalities in
1 9O`i. There were 47 cyclists
killed in Ontario last year, more
than double the previous year's
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GODERICH SIGNAL, ST. : THURSDAY, OCTOBERA 1
The flood of applications for,
PORK (Parents Of Rotten
Kids) , which was launched last
week in* this column, has not
yet begun, to give local
postmen the blind staggers,
but it will. It will.
In . .the meantime, I've
received a letter from an
Ontario woman, commenting
on- a previous column entitled,
"The Kids Are Pathetic." She
certainly qualifies for PORK
and is hereby accepted as a
full fledged member of thi '
fledgling ,organization, with all
the disadvantages and lack of
privileges appertaining
thereto.
She writes: "I myself must
admit to being a parent of a
16 -year-old datighter now
living "at such a commune as
you describe, right in
downtown Toronto, and I am
helpless by law to interfere.
"Such is oursociety today
that we have been forced to
accept not only common-law
living amongst adults (Ed
note: I'm not against that), but
also now with children of such
an early age. I :nyself have left
no stone unturned in an effort
to help resolve the situation,
by writing or contacting every
available society afrom,..._social
workers to' .the. Hon. John
Yaremko, with the final
realization that • in Ontario a
child is free from parental
guidance and authority at 16.
"This same law, however,
contradicts itself by not
allowing them to marry until
18 without a parent's consent
and signature. . . In B.C.- the
age limit for a child to break
away from. parental authority
is 18." In short, Ontario laws
are driving young people to; as
we used to put it, living in sin.
She goes on: "Recently in an
interview with a . 'large daily
newspaper, a professor of
applied psychology made the
following statement: 'The
mother in the home today as an
anachronism. The role of the
housewife used to have dignity
and respect. There is no need
any more for a home manager.'
His remarks are more than a
little off -beat." '
I quite agree with you., dear
lady; and with most of the
- other things you, go on to say, I
tried four days of "batching it"
recently. ' The only place,
there's no need for a home
manager is in a pigpen.
My wife came home a day
early and caught me cold. I
had put my dinner on and just
shut my eyes, for a moment
while the fish was cooking. She
opened the door and found the
house full of smoke, the
.kitchen full of dirty dishes,
and an armchair full of me,
I can't smell, of . eourse, not
even fish burning. And it was
the nervous strain of looking
out for myself and the cat for'
four days that had made me
flake out like that.
Lady, you have my deepest
, sympathy concerning your
daughter and the laws which
create such an impasse. And.
the kids know the law. They
have us right over a barrel. It's
easy enough to say, "If they
want to go, let 'em go. Kick
'em out." This is the favorite
advice of non-PORK-ers. It's
not so easy to do with a
basically good, naive kid who
is almost totally unequipped to
cope with a world that is not
exactly Eden. •
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I've been teaching the play
Hamlet this fall. Perhaps you
PORK '
ts on
the move
remember the part where
Ophelia's old man wairns her
that she is to have nothing
further to do with Prince
Hamlet. She was about 16 and
this took place in the
Thirteenth Century. She.
obeyed him reluctantly, but
without hesitation.
, _I. asked my students. what a
girl of today would do if her
father told her such a, thing.
They got it second crack. T,he
first student said she'd say,
"Drop dead." The second said
she'd say, "If I can't go ' out
with Hamlet, I'11' run n away."
And she would.
It's emotional blackmail, and
they know it. The only real.
solution, I suppose,, as . with
real. blackmailers, is to. call
their bluff. But again, it's a
wrenching decision .when you
love the child and when you
realize what will probably
happen.
However, fellow - PORK-ers,
thumbs up. We know there is a
golden day coming, when our
RK's will have matured and
mellowed. And they will come
and pick us up in their big car,
when we are feeble and
rheumatic, and 'take us fpr a
drive, and stop before this big,
handsome building. And they'll
say, "Sorry, Mum and Dad, that
I was such a worry to you.
There it is. Gateway Haven.
See you on visiting days, if we
can get a babysitter."
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