DEAR ABBY: I am an 11-year-old boy who lives in San Francisco. I read your column in the San Francisco Chronicle every day. I love your thinking and wish I could be as sensible as you. I just wanted to ask: How old do you think someone should be to read your column? I know your column can be possibly inappropriate, but love reading it anyway. -- T.P. IN S.F.
DEAR T.P.: You are not the only young person who reads my column. (I printed a letter from a 7-year-old earlier this week.) I have been told that my column has been used for many years to start important conversations between people of all ages.
When I was growing up, no literature in our house was off limits -- and any question I asked my parents was given a straight answer. I hope it's the same in your family because if it is, you will grow up to be at least as "sensible" as me.