day one hundred nineteen.

How to deal with parents and other problems : a guide for teen-agers
by Ernest Osborne Glenn
illustrated by Susan Perl
c1962

part the fourth:

can you guess what it is?

i'm glad the term "petting" is out of fashion (it is, right?)

day one hundred eighteen.

How to deal with parents and other problems : a guide for teen-agers
by Ernest Osborne Glenn
illustrated by Susan Perl
c1962

young love.

when your mother creeps you out.

tomorrow: "the unmentionable topic"

day one hundred seventeen.

How to deal with parents and other problems : a guide for teen-agers
by Ernest Osborne Glenn
illustrated by Susan Perl
c1962


part two: susan perl continues to entertain my eyes with tiny fists.

sometimes parents fight.

sometimes a book binding is the only thing holding us back from strangling our sister.

sometimes we hate people with freckles.

and sometimes we just hate a baby.

feelings are hard.

tomorrow: meeting boys.

day one hundred sixteen.

we've got a live one, folks.

How to deal with parents and other problems : a guide for teen-agers
by Ernest Osborne Glenn
illustrated by Susan Perl
c1962

i don't know if this family loves their children, or wants to lock them in a trunk

the baby's motives are clearer.

her overly-emphasized breasts have caused early menopause.

more thoughts tomorrow on siblings and feelings (the book's, not my own. even though i have both.)