In this re-read I am not really feeling that Richard is OMG SO STRICT.
I'm getting less "strict" and more "doesn't know what to do with a 12-year-old girl". It's pretty clear he doesn't know how to let her grow up, IMO. I can see how Mary Anne and her friends would interpret that as strict, though, especially when she compares the rules she has to follow (about her clothes, and her room, and so on) to what her friends get away with.
How relaxed! It's "just barely 5:30" when Kristy and MA stroll in and Stacey's not there.
Getting "The Look" from Kristy hasn't been introduced yet. ;)
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I'm getting less "strict" and more "doesn't know what to do with a 12-year-old girl". It's pretty clear he doesn't know how to let her grow up, IMO. I can see how Mary Anne and her friends would interpret that as strict, though, especially when she compares the rules she has to follow (about her clothes, and her room, and so on) to what her friends get away with.
How relaxed! It's "just barely 5:30" when Kristy and MA stroll in and Stacey's not there.
Getting "The Look" from Kristy hasn't been introduced yet. ;)