Radio and television mirror (July-Dec 1951)

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V LIFE WITH Carol says that her parents believe 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! 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 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 In the music room: 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 lo<* arol improvise on the two uprights, Kathy plays her "baby" baby grand; Betty Lou, Mother and Father try to refrain from kibitzing. orward to, all week. We've come up with some pretty niity problems for Daddy to solve, and he's never tailed us yet. After dinner we sit around the fire and crack walB s' and Barbara and I bring up the subject of 'dating. arbara is a bit young for twosome dates yet, but she t ! have her crowd over for informal parties t eie tnev can make up their own sandwich combinabe"s' and toast marshmallows in the fireplace. I've va ,. n§ Ior the past two years, when I'm home on ■•cation from Bishop's School, at La Jolla. Was this conflict of our blossoming social life and our usual vacation plans that turned into one of our family problems last summer. Every year since Daddy bought us a ranch in Carmel Valley, we've gone up there for the summer to ride our horses and to pitch in with the farm chores and to help with the cooking. But last summer, Daddy realized I was growing up. He wondered if it would be fair to me to drag me away from all my friends in Beverly Hills, because I'd surely miss out on some super parties and dates while we were away. To settle this problem, we held one of our Friday night council sessions, and (Continued on page 97) 30 Father Knows Best, with Robert Young, >» 8f0TW""| 8:30 P.M L • est on NBC. Sponsored by Maxwell House Coffee. 31