Senior candidates for Mr. and Miss Biola are Karen Friesen and Chris Davis. Karen is a nursing student and daughter of Congo missionaries.
about their children today. They fret about raising their children in "these troubled times." Mother, do you think you have it rougher than Jochebed? Jochebed was able to keep her sanity by doing two things: doing all she knew she was responsible before Cod for doing, and then committing the outcome to Him. Some mothers have reason to worry about their children be cause, as parents, they are not do ing all they are responsible to do. I am a great fan of Ann Landers. In a recent column was a letter from a 16 year old that illustrates what I mean. The letter was an answer to a mother who wrote
Ann Landers that she had "had it" with her son. The 16 year old an swers: Here is a message for "Had It," the mother of a teenage Cop-out: Keep yourself clean. Respect old er people. Accept responsibility. The world does not owe you any thing. Get moving. Make a contri bution. These are the same rules I was raised by and I am 16 — a member of your son's generation. Apparently you believe all teen agers are alike. You are mistaken. It is obvious from your letter that you and your husband have given your son too much freedom and too much of everything. You probably feel guilty because you Page 17
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