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Dear Midgy:

My parents are so unfair! They want me to come inside the house by 8:30 and they want me in bed by nine p.m.. My mother keeps asking me if I am reading the books on the summer reading list from school. They want me in bed by nine. It isn't even dark outside at 9. Yesterday I had to weed the garden before my friend could come over. How stupid is that? I'm already in fourth grade. How can I make them see how bad this is?
Nothing to do on North Main

Dear Nothing:

Well Shorty, buck up. Nothing lasts forever. But maybe you can beat them at their own game. Take out the trash without asking. Try reading a book or two. Start a stamp collection. Eat a radish from the garden. Catch fireflies. Your Mom will think Space Aliens have invaded your body. Go barefoot. Try combing your hair and brushing your teeth with your other hand. One day you will be emancipated and the world will be all yours for the taking. If you don't know what emancipation means, find a dictionary and look it up. I have a feeling that you will find lots of words in there.
MP

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Dear Midgy:

I went on the Internet the other day and found "Shop at Home" on your website. Payless Shoes has a whole bunch of shoes. But how can I buy them when they won't let a 12-year-old have a credit card? This really stinks.
Shoeless on Elm Street

Dear Shoeless: Are you really? Or is it just that you want to buy something? Like shoes? There is a reason they don't give credit cards to kids. Even really old people, older than 20, sometimes get in trouble with credit cards. See, the money you spend with those cards isn't really yours. And if you don't have a job or some other way to pay back the money you spend, you get in really big trouble. Most 12-year-olds don't have a regular day job. Nor should you really want one. That will all happen soon enough. So love the shoes you've got.  Work around the house and get some money. Then you can pay cash for your own stuff  and not borrow from anyone.
MP