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"This," says Harriet, "is a family rule. When the boys were smaller, we did this automatically. We told them and the baby-sitter where we'd be and all essential information, and left the phone number. We felt much better, that way, because we knew they could get in touch with us, should anything go wrong.
"I didn't realize how much this had soaked in until one night recently, when David, having been out rather late, called to say: 'I'm down at so-and-so's house — we're having a bull session. Is it all right if I stay out till later?'
"I said, 'Yes, of course, it is . . . what time do you expect to be home?'
" 'Oh, about two-thirtyish,' he said.
"Though that sounded rather late," smiles Harriet, "I said, 'Yes, it's perfectly all right.' Under the circumstances, it was better than saying, 'No, you had better come home right now.' That would have undone everything we'd built up over the years.
"Later we discussed the problem of the early morning hours and agreed that one or one-thirty was a more reasonable hour than two-thirty or three.
"But, generally speaking, we think it's simple adult behavior for us to tell the children where we are, when we'll be back, and so forth, and they do likewise. That way we can relax, have a good time — and, if something comes up to change our plans, we simply call in and advise. That way, nobody worries unnecessarily."
Some teenagers think that smoking and drinking is grown-up behavior. Not so, in the Nelson household. "The boys don't drink and they don't smoke," says Harriet seriously. "And I think Ozzie is one good reason that they don't. Ozzie doesn't smoke; when he was in college he was an all-around athlete. The boys want to be like their father. They play football, basketball, and ice skate, and they know that smoking cuts their wind.
"When David was at Hollywood High School, he was on the varsity football team. He's now in his first year at USC, and Ricky, emulating his (Continued on page 95)
The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet, seen on ABC-TV, Fri., 8 P.M. EST, is sponsored alternately by the Hotpoint Co. and Listerine.
David and Ricky read up on autos. This year, Ricky's following in David's football footsteps.
Teen-talk on the phonevcan be a problem, but David agrees to hang up for Dad's expected call.
At play or work, they're always a team. Here — after a swim at Juan Les Pins, France — Ricky, Ozzie and David rejoin Harriet.
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