Radio-TV mirror (Jan-June 1953)

Teenagers Are As Bright As People (Continued from page 50) CBS Radio and TV's Our Miss Brooks, I'm a working gal. And, like all working gals, I've had to face problems and make important "adult" decisions for a long time. Fortunately for me, I've had the help of my mother and my older sister, Janet. The thing I want to make clear is that Mother and Janet have always been willing to help me with a problem when I took it to them — but never have they solved the problem for me. That wouldn't help me at all. Getting in the habit of having the family solve one's problems just does one n.g. What is wonderful is that they are always so understanding and sympathetic . . . and when you know someone's pulling for you that's half the battle. Besides that, Mother and Sis were teenagers themselves not so long ago, and they know what kind of problems a girl can get into. Take romance, for instance. At seventeen, I thought I had the greatest. I was all set to run off and get married. But this romance turned into big problem number one! I'd always wanted a career more than anything else in the world. Marriage, said I, came later in my plans. But fate has a way of sneaking up on you. Here I was, at seventeen, wanting the love of my life, and marriage — and also desperately wanting to continue my well-underway career. I couldn't have them both. The boy insisted that I would have to quit working in radio! I didn't know what to do or which way to turn. A first love at seventeen turns your emotions into a pinwheel, and I guess that's why adults feel we teenagers can't think for ourselves. Mother and I discussed my romantic problems. She was always very patient. After a while, I began to see that the boy had no future provided for me. And acting, my strongest interest, he didn't share! I began to realize that there was too much to divide us, and love at seventeen was not enough on which to build a lifetime. Mother's patient understanding— and time — helped me solve my own problem. And that's as it should be. Much older and wiser now, at nineteen, I can look back and smile. I'm always overwhelmed, though, that so many of my girl friends not only are married but already have families. But I guess it also shows life's an individual problem and "it takes all kind of people, etc. . . ." However, I've already sent in my order for four children! Mother laughs when I say this, but I think four is a good round number. And I do have an ideal husband in mind. Ideal probably is not the correct word, but I couldn't call him Mr. Right, that's too corny. So, I'll settle for Mr. X. Mr. X has got to be settled, have a sense of humor, like acting (or at least be interested), and love to dance! Dancing may not be as weighty a problem as being a good provider, but I think it's a perfectly reasonable requirement because I love to dance, and, by golly, so must he! 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