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(cont. from page 39) The minute a crisis breaks — illness, unemployment, debt, the new baby—the teens are in trou ble. Parents may be able to help, but usually at a price — the in law problem, a threat to any marriage, assumes monumental proportions. Lacking experience in money management, possess ing neither monetary reserves nor the skills and education need ed to earn an adequate income, teen-agers soon find themselves floundering in financial deep wa ter. Marriage tests the emotional fiber of any human being, and adolescents face the test with lit tle experience to help them in such basic matters as communi cation with a mate, keeping a household on an even keel, facing up to financial or other crisis. Personality adjustment can pro duce a rude shock. The dream of romantic love soon fades into bit terness. Young marrieds — particular ly the groom — must understand the necessity o f completing high school and, if possible, going on to college or other advanced training. Often, the honeymoon- ers say they will continue their schooling; too often, they are not able to or they lose interest. School, churches and other counseling organizations need to do more to help teen-agers un derstand what marriage entails. This means realistic education on what marriage is like, what ob stacles must be overcome, why money is important. Communi ties that have instituted such gui dances, such as San Bernardino, Cal., have discovered that many an altar-bound couple cooled their ardor when they finally compre hended the pitfalls that lay ahead. Parents must not cringe at prospects of a teen-age crisis. Their assignment in the early years is to provide as happy a home as they know how and to offer their children the assurance they are loved and trusted. They
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