DEAR ABBY: You don't deserve "10 whacks with a wet diaper ..." for your advice to "Old-Fashioned Grandma" concerning mixed-generation showering. You said that she was not old-fashioned, that "a 3-year-old child should not shower or bathe with a parent of the opposite sex ..." Surely you know that because some activity is popular for a time, it is not necessarily wise. I think you were right. You just have to be prepared to be unpopular in some circles -- for a while. -- ALBERT W. EISENHAUER, BALLSTON SPA, N.Y.
DEAR ALBERT: Thanks. I needed that.