Passage2MostAmericansdon’tliketogetadvicefrommembersoftheirfamily.Whentheyneedadvice,theydon’tusuallyaskpeopletheyknow.InsteadmanyAmericanswriteletterstonewspapersandmagazineswhichgiveadviceonmanydifferentsubjects,includingfamilyproblems,sex,theuseoflanguage,health,cooking,childcare,clothes,andhowtobuyahouseoracar.Mostnewspapersregularlyprintlettersfromreaderswithproblems.Alongwiththelettersthereareanswerswrittenbypeoplewhoaresupposedtoknowhowtosolvesuchproblems.Someofthesewritersaredoctors;othersarelawyersoreducators.Buttwoofthemostfamouswritersofadvicearewomenwithoutspecialtrainingforthesekindsofwork.Oneofthemanswerslettersaddressedto“DearAbby”.Theotherisaddressedas“DearAnnLanders”.Experienceistheirpreparationforgivingadvice.Thereisonewriterwhohasn’tlivedlongenoughtohavemuchexperience.SheisagirlnamedAngelCavaliere,whostartedwritingadvicefornewspaperreadersattheageoften.HeradvicetoyoungreadersnowappearsregularlyinthePhiladelphiaBulletininacolumncalledDEARANGEL.birdintheUK,nowit’sindanger.”Bynowthesunisupandthebirdsarequiet.It’slightsotheycanstartlookingforfood,theyneedabigbreakfastafterallthatsinging.18.Whowillanswerthereaders’questions?
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Dear Abby or Dear Ann Landers.
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People who are supposed to know how tosolve such problems.
