Advice on teen romance and family limits in Dear Abby
Parents seek six month cooling off for their 17 year old son and his 16 year old girlfriend who admit they sleep together. Abby says teens often find way around limits, urges factual sex education to prevent pregnancy and disease, not permission. The column also covers a mother torn by a husband leaving and returning, and a wife concealing an earlier marriage. Abby cautions against sacrifices of personal happiness for children and advises honesty with friends.