Scouting, Volume 48, Number 7, October 1960 Page: 34
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IF YOUR TEEN-AGER
WRONG FRIENDS
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tend to make the home more of a
center of teen-age activity. It should
be—despite the occasional noise. I've
found youngsters who seemed blind to
their friends' bad traits suddenly dis-
cover them when friends visit the
house.
One woman, on my advice, deliber-
ately set up an evening party to which
she invited the "bad companion*' and
a half dozen other girls. The girl in
question arrived in her usual "sloppy
Joe"' sweater and tight jeans. The con-
trast with the other, tastefully dressed
girls was obvious to everyone. A
"beautiful friendship" soon ended.
It's critical that your teen-ager not
know that you're trying to break up a
friendship. "A fence between makes
love more keen." Unless you're subtle,
your youngster will stubbornly insist
on retaining the friend.
Not long ago. a girl complained to
me that her parents were "trying to
select friends" for her. I recommended
a family conference. This worked out
so well, incidentally, that it soon be-
came the accepted method of settling
their family differences. Now. when a
problem arises; father, mother, and
daughter sit down together to work
out a settlement to the satisfaction of
all.
All of which leads back to that word
of caution: Be sure that the "bad com-
panions" are actually bad. The face of
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one mother still gets red when I meet
her on the street. Distressed about one
of her daughter's friends, she came to
me for help. With some difficult in
keeping a straight face, I reported to
her that the other girl's mother had
been worrying about the same thing!
Embarrassing as it was, that moth-
er's tactful inquiry spared a worse mis-
take. And tact is important. Actually,
if you follow these suggestions, you
won't go far wrong. And the chances
will be mighty slim that you'll ever
have occasion to be asking. "Why did
he do it?"
Copyright 1958 by Lovick Pierce. Pub-
lisher. Reprinted by permission from
Together (July, 1958).
"I've been with you for six years
now — how about raising my
allowance?"
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