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EQUAL RIGHTS
We've found it works both ways . . . for Ozzie and me, as parents . . . for David and Ricky, as teenagers By HARRIET NELSON
One of the most pleasant aspects of doing our weekly television show is that it affords Ozzie and me the opportunity to get really close to our children and to get to know them well. We both feel that too much is often made of the differences between teenagers and adults, and not enough emphasis is placed on the similarities. After all, they eat the same food as we do, see the same motion pictures and television shows, read the same newspapers — and, in the case of our particular family, do the same work.
Self-assertion is one of the basic human emotions, and we all like to have as much freedom of expression as possible. Ozzie and I feel that teenagers should be given every opportunity to do the things they want to do, as long as what they are doing is consistent with good taste and reasonably acceptable standards.
Ricky, for instance, is an avid record collector, and, about a year ago, his taste ran toward the bizarre and blatant. Without any interference from us, however, he has recently become more and more discriminating — until, by now, Ozzie and I both look forward to his newest platters.
Dave, who is a freshman at the University of Southern California, came to us at the beginning of school last September and told us he had received a bid to a national fraternity. "I think it's the best house on the campus," he said, "and I would like to accept. What do you think of the idea?" Ozzie and I both told him it was entirely up to him, but we thought it might be wiser to wait until he passed his first-term exams. We emphasized the fact that, if he felt he could keep up his studies and the fraternity work, then he could go ahead. Dave thought it over for about a week and decided to put it off. Just two weeks after he was notified that he had passed his first-term examinations, he walked into the house proudly wearing his fraternity pledge pin. By putting our ideas in the form of advice, I feel that we accomplished much more than we could have by parental edicts.
We gave up long ago the idea of setting a curfew on the boys. They come in at a reasonable hour, not because we demand it, but because they have discovered for themselves that it is the sensible thing to do. By treating them as equals and respecting their rights as individuals, we are enjoying not only the affection of two fine sons but also the companionship of two valued friends.
The Adventures Oj Ozzie And Harriet is seen on ABC-TV, Fri.. 8 P.M. EST, as sponsored alternately by the Hotpoint Company and Listerine. See local papers for other times and stations.
FAVORITE TV HUSBAND-WIFE TEAM
Ozzie and Harriet Nelson first won your team Award in 1947 — when their sons were played by child actors.
Today, David and Ricky work with them on TV — and take vacations with them, too, as far away as France.
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