Radio and television mirror (July-Dec 1951)

Carol says that her parents helieve in sharing their lives with their daughters. With mother, it means sharing clothes, too! Carol and Barbara, who can wear Mrs. Young's size; wholeheartedly agree with that idea! LIFE WITH MY FATHER A man with four daughters may know best about everything. But when does he get a chance to prove it? Often — if his name is Robert Young! By CAROL YOUNG In the music room: Barba My father, Robert Young, plays the head ef a family on his radio program, Father Knows Best. In case you wonder if he had any previous experience for such a role, the answer is yes. We Youngs number six, and Daddy's the only male member. If that isn't training for a head-of-the-family part, I'd like someone to show me better! Of four Young daughters, I'm the eldest — seventeen. Barbara comes next. She's thirteen. Then there's Betty Lou, who's eight. Our little Kathy is four, Because our mother is very young-looking and wears the same size-twelve dresses I do, people sometimes get her confused with the rest of us girls. Poor Daddy! He provides the only masculine slant in our feminine world. It's no wonder that we're always rushing to him for the benefit of his man's-eye-view of the current crisis — and of course in any family in which there are five women, there's always some kind of crisis! Daddy is our authority on what boys like and dislike about girls clothes, make-up and social behavior. We have long discussions about those important subjects at our Friday night dinners together. You see, Friday night is kids' night at our house. That's the time we have our father all to ourselves. It's a night we look 30 Father Knows Best, with Robert Young, is heard Thnrs.