European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 15, 1986 the stars and stripes Arm Landers dear Ann Landers i am Betsy in do a letter wrote to you several years ago appeared i your column. Because of your Large Reading audience i was certain thai others who Felt Asi did would join my crusade and we would change things but not one darned thing has happened. In fact the situation has become worse. Will you please run my letter again and see if we can t Wake up America thank you. Me again dear you again America in t sleeping. Her tastes have become nun Emer. But Here s your letter and my response which is As Good today As when i wrote it. Dear Ann slanders i went shopping for a really Sweet Val Entine a few Days ago something Spe Cial for a person very tsar to my heart. You would t believe what the stores Haven their Racks these Days. For every Valen Tine expressing tenderness and love there Are at least a dozen that Are downright mean and you please give me and others your opinion of this Rotten new idea am crazy or is it a symptom of a sick society Betsy in Dubuque dear Betsy i Bate to disillusion you dear but very few Idem Good or bad Are really new. According to Sally Hopkins director of hallmark s historical Coue Cloo some Peculiar Valentines first appeared in England around the time of Queen Victoria. They were called Penny dreadful Rudes Andoni Desabo vinegar mostly the cards were insulting. A grotesque looking woman was pictured wearing Bdl for a hat and a Dapper sticking out of her Mouth. The message Yoor Tongue b Erer on the swing an has a Harshb Cormant ring. How i hate its scold tag torn. You Clapper is the curse of Home. Ill treat you with scorn whenever we you deceitful Olly tongued Snake inthe some say Penny dreadful Wen re action to the Stuffy morality of the old Vitoria a Era. Petife wanted to get away from the ski Eagly Sweet sentiments and phony puritanism expressed in these Kwh doing cards and sent thin Anonym Nasty. Of course. See what passes through the Salb today Tovy vow whirling in their Srann Landerson t you get sick of the minor irritations that people complain about some tires i just sit and shake my head when i Reed husband 69, is in a nursing Home the victim of severe diabetes. I would care if he left the toilet seat up or Down pot toilet paper. In clockwise or coun taste Elwise Laid on the Davenport and watched football for 10 hours straight dripped shaving Cream on the bathroom Flo Sand wore his golfing shoes to bed. Alli would like to have him do is walk into this room and give me a big , he can t walk or do much of anything. Too bad it took me 41 just n Hig thank for 1im, nun Anta Sanaa am letters to he ornate and Page 11 letter readers respond to teen clinics Cater to special needs regarding teen clinics Cater to special needs i applaud wholeheartedly ongoing efforts to reach out and assist our Youn adults. I know Only too Well the anxiety of growing up and the difficulty in discussing sexual As Well As other sensitive topics. I do however draw the line Between counselling confidentially and treatment for any medical condition without prior Paren Tal consent. Every Parent has a responsibility by la to care for their children until they reach the age of Legal adulthood normally theage of 18. Undoubtedly there Are uncaring and unloving parents who Only View a son with venereal disease or a promiscuous daughter As a per Sonal injury rather than Young adults who continue to need love and guidance. Nonetheless Good and Loving parents run the risk of having solid Parent son or daughter relation ships undermined because of self righteous and selfish Parent whose teen agers truly need the Protection of confidentiality. One might say that children of Good an Loving parents need not worry about confidentiality because there will be adequate openness and honesty. But reality also Dic tates that even Good children Nave their share of bad moments. Offering confidential treatment in these cases however May Only serve to bypass an otherwise healthy Parent son or daughter relationship an produce even greater guilt and anxiety than the Young Dull hoped to avoid. There is obviously no easy solution. Confidentiality however is neither the ultimate solution nor the problem. The guts Lay inthe honest and open relationships of parents to their sons and confidential treatment May be available to my children i earnestly hop that they will opt for the open and honest approach and be fully accountable for their actions. I also Hope that the bureaucracy lakes Ahard look at the Long term effects of such poli cies. Parents ire accountable to god Ana Testate for the welfare As Well As the actions of their children. If the state usurps parental responsibility parents necessarily cannot be held accountable for their Case in Point some states Are now passing Laws that hold parents financially responsible for rearing babies of their minor s a two Way Street and All of us need to learn to stay in our own . Kenneth r. Sha Nabich Worms German teen clinics do subvert parental author Ity. Most states do not allow a girl to Gether ears pierced without parental consent yet teen clinics say she has a right to medi Cally hazardous birth control devices and abortions without parental knowledge or consent. Abortions can Lead to serious physical and psychological problems an birth control pills have More Side effects than any drug Ever marketed yes there s someone who cares a recent letter writer wanted to know i there was anyone out there who cared. Well there fills All the qualifications you asked for and even fits the roles very Good. He snot perfect and he will attest to that. His Job is important to him. He is not Politi Cally motivated. He is human and when he joined the army he knew it might be until he was handed retirement papers or just for four s one of the few senior cos in his unit that performs it with the lot of limes he even leads the group. His record is clean and has been for Over 10years now. You will not be Able to find him at the snack bar spamming for half the Day. You will also not find him at the dub after hours. If you ask him for help he s always willing to help. He makes sure his people have him to count on. But most of All his motto is if helped the Soldier today i know i be done it you la have to watch out because he May. Be the Soldier of yesteryear his rape riots Don t like that be does t work 24hours a first sergeant ignores him a lot be cause he goes Home after work rather than spend Bis Money drinking Beer and telling doctored War stories. If he has too much work rather than helping by giving him More people his superiors say he is not doing his Job right pen pals i in � vow old and would do Pon Pik. I miking e it ind rag Auto us Yang Tod Mon my lilo mme and a Adlung. Remember he is a Soldier husband an father. We will share him we have now for a Long time and will continue to share him with troops like you. Why because you need him just As much As we do on Yin a different Way. Well not look for rewards for his work we will not be too upset because his 12 to 17 hours a Day keep him from Home. Force is a Soldier Feit with our approval. If Only his superiors would realize this rather than just seeing the negative Side of life maybe letters like yours would not have to be answered by letters like mine. God bless you in your career and keep looking because people do care a lot More care than you d Ever believe know i married one and am proud of it name and location withheld postal clerks grateful we the postal clerks of Gellhausen Post office would like to take the time to show our appreciation to tech. Sgt. Herman for providing it � postal Boll 0y." we thank you. Also a Aitt to an our customers who were patient and understanding when the lines became Long. A. " when is recognized and appreciated we fed that our Mission has been accomplished. It makes the handwork and Long hours Worth the whoe. sex education programs Are Given Ashow to classes. Children As Young As fifth Grade Are taught All the mechanics of Intercourse. Students in eighth Grade Are shown films with teen actors demonstrating masturbation. Teens Are shown sexually stimulating material and required to participate in sexual discussions in mixed classroom causing the breakdown of Normal healthy modesty. Some inhibitions Are Good Forus abstinence is generally laughed at an teens Are led to believe they Are abnormal if they Aren t sexually All this training teens Are told where to get contraceptives and sometimes taken to the clinics for Tours and free Sam Ples. After All this is pres St upon them we wonder Why sexually transmitted Dis eases Are at an epidemic level the teen pregnancy rate is soaring and so is the teen suicide still hear people saying we need More sex education. Vet sex and nuclear War Are the Only two subjects which Are taught kindergarten through 12th other subject is taught for the entire 13 years of precollege schooling no English math science or history i believe teens were happier when schools stuck to the basics and did t undermine what was being taught in the Home. We Don t Send our children to school to become sex experts and pick up contraceptives at the nurse s office. Something i terribly wrong Here and teen clinics Aren t the mixer Stuttgart 0"0"sea? i pm As Vagn of goo Ond would ski to Mol pod on More. So Pong do my Norm to your i my to Dudo Ted Mon. Roooto and Toul no to Wigh Fly Joe. Ping Pat pm atm m your pm pm Ute. I a Iivo Nof a he Ond town in Ali ung liw do div. Pm div. Mid o. Rimo Neon Roujon m i Gnu an wow pm pea. I in a yur our Gram. My inform it an photo Gropius Ond door Booty i pm is oort of and Waguk go to Odd my my to a Journi r. Nurto form in peo i pm 23 Vagn old and would ilk to correspond Mono. 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