![]() ![]() In short, a party thoroughly mothered and fathered is, as a rule, a safe and pleasant place for young people to gather occasionally. Father doesn’t like me to read “Little Women” and such stories, and I’m sure I don’t know what is good if they are not.Ībout the parties, Betsy, they belong to the class that the logicians call an “open question.” There are parties, and “parties.” A girl of fifteen, or sixteen, or seventeen, whose mother heartily approves the plan and joins with her daughter in making ready and in preparing the list of invitations-giving careful consideration to the names of the boys- and whose father and mother are to act as host and hostess, may safely give a party such as all her friends will approve and enjoy. ![]() I wish you would name a list of books for girl to read. ![]() This letter came from a teen named Betsy:ĭo you think there is any harm in girls of, say, fifteen to seventeen or eighteen, giving parties and inviting their boy friends? Some people seem to think so what do you think? ![]() She used the column to answer readers’ concerns-from a Christian perspective-on a variety of topics. For many years Isabella served as an editor and contributor to a Christian magazine in which she had a very popular advice column. ![]()
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