Do's for Parents and Children From Dear Ann
A reader shares a long list of practical child rearing tips emphasizing family loyalty, thoughtful requests, keeping promises, and initiative around the home. Other letters discuss abortion disclosure to a fiancé, urging honesty and timing, plus a lawyer’s note about how some past offenses may be legally cleared to aid future employment.
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Booze And You For Teen-Agers Only booklet request
Ann Landers offers a teen alcohol guide with a 35 cent request and self addressed stamped envelope. The piece moves to Patricia Southall's salmon craving before childbirth leading to Gordon Southall's poaching fine of 100 dollars after a river boat chase.
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At Wits End Washers and the Missing Shorts Mystery
In a humorous reminiscence Erma Bombeck details a household washer that eats socks and births three pairs of men’s briefs. The misfit laundry travels through family members, moving from teen sons to a husband and father, then to Ohio and back, ending with a faded beach towel and footprints. The narrator frets over the odd provenance and mounting headaches.
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