Helen Bottel
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Helen A. Bottel was an American
newspaper
columnist
who wrote the long-running, nationally syndicated advice column
Helen Help Us! in the 1960s and 1970s.
Although not as well-known as the Dear Abby
or Ann Landers columns, King Features Syndicate
's Helen Help Us! syndicated call-in show addressed concerns from parents regarding child behaviour, discipline, and parent-child relationships. Her advice focused on acknowledging what parents have control over (their own actions) and how to effectively apply limits and guidance to their children. One was teenage dating
: she ran the "Stamp Out Steadying" or "S.O.S." campaign, which gave support to teenagers who did not want to succumb to pressure to "go steady". Another constant subject of letter writers to her column was suburban neighbors who would invade each others' privacy with spyglasses
. For a time in 1971, she co-wrote the column with her daughter, Sue Peppers. http://www.peppers.tv/who/index.html She published at least three books, some of which were collections of her columns.
In the 1990s, Bottel co-wrote a Look Who's Aging column for Senior magazine. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/article_brief/eandp/1/1157336
United States
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Newspaper
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columnist
Columnist
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who wrote the long-running, nationally syndicated advice column
Advice column
An advice column is a column in a magazine or newspaper written by an advice columnist . The image presented was originally of an older woman providing comforting advice and maternal wisdom, hence the name "aunt"...
Helen Help Us! in the 1960s and 1970s.
Although not as well-known as the Dear Abby
Dear Abby
Dear Abby is the name of the advice column founded in 1956 by Pauline Phillips under the pen name Abigail Van Buren and carried on today by her daughter, Jeanne Phillips, who now owns the legal rights to the pen name....
or Ann Landers columns, King Features Syndicate
King Features Syndicate
King Features Syndicate, a print syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation, distributes about 150 comic strips, newspaper columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to nearly 5000 newspapers worldwide...
's Helen Help Us! syndicated call-in show addressed concerns from parents regarding child behaviour, discipline, and parent-child relationships. Her advice focused on acknowledging what parents have control over (their own actions) and how to effectively apply limits and guidance to their children. One was teenage dating
Courtship
Courtship is the period in a couple's relationship which precedes their engagement and marriage, or establishment of an agreed relationship of a more enduring kind. In courtship, a couple get to know each other and decide if there will be an engagement or other such agreement...
: she ran the "Stamp Out Steadying" or "S.O.S." campaign, which gave support to teenagers who did not want to succumb to pressure to "go steady". Another constant subject of letter writers to her column was suburban neighbors who would invade each others' privacy with spyglasses
Telescope
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. For a time in 1971, she co-wrote the column with her daughter, Sue Peppers. http://www.peppers.tv/who/index.html She published at least three books, some of which were collections of her columns.
In the 1990s, Bottel co-wrote a Look Who's Aging column for Senior magazine. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/article_brief/eandp/1/1157336
Books
- Bottel, Helen. To Teens With Love. Doubleday, 1968. ISBN 0-385-07169-8.
- Bottel, Helen. Helen Help Us!. Grosset & Dunlap, 1970.
- Bottel, Helen. Parents' Survival Kit: A Reassuring Guide to Living Through Your Child's Teen-Age Years. Doubleday, 1978.