Father Knows Best

Bud makes a date on Margaret's birthday.

Betty prepares for the arrival of a cowboy beau.

When Jim and Margaret decide Betty should go to college, they make all the plans for her.

Bud tries to seem older for a beautiful date.

Betty decides it is time she went out on her own, so she moves in with a friend of hers.

The Andersons arrange a face-saving banquet for a poverty-stricken author.

Betty asks her family not to celebrate her birthday when she learns that gift giving has become meaningless.

Jim makes a risky deal with Bud when they agree on a $10-a-week allowance.

The Andersons have a dispute over fashion.

Betty learns a valuable lesson while teaching others at college.

Bud gets a job at the local newspaper, much to Margaret and Jim's disapproval.

The Andersons are worried when Betty goes to New York to attend a friend's wedding.

Betty is accepted by a self-appointed group of "acceptable" students.

An elderly man is forced to accept reality when Kathy crashes his dream world.

The Christmas holiday is threatened when Jim's sister spends the holidays with the Andersons.

Jim has problems handling a young man he is supposed to be helping.

A kindly Spanish man adopts the Andersons and becomes their gardener.

Jim considers buying an island when the family starts complaining at home.

Margaret takes an impulsive shopping trip.

Jim and Margaret are tired of always chaperoning the neighborhood parties.

Bud's short-wave radio picks up a distress call from a ship at sea.

Bud learns what it is like to be suckered when he's taken in twice by the same man.

Betty falls in love with an Army pilot stationed at the local base.

Bud's plans to go to Hillsborough go astray, but he doggedly persists.

The Anderson household is turned upside down when Cornel Wilde comes to talk with Jim.

Bud's purchase of a used car causes dissension in the Anderson household.

Bud learns a lesson in safety when he is sentenced to crossing-guard duty for dangerous driving habits.

Bud's heroic deed was really an accident.

Betty faces a dilemma when a promise threatens to keep her from winning the Flower Queen title.

Kathy is nervous when she learns that she is to compete in the county spelling contest.

Bud wants his donation to be known.

The Andersons agree to let Betty baby-sit for a neighborhood child.

A friend of Jim's comes to his house on a business matter, and it proves to be embarrassing.

Jim's helpful suggestions to Bud about romancing a woman backfire.

Margaret decides to sell the family's baby crib and scales.

Margaret's father gets restless when people start suggesting that he retire.

An unknown workman helps the Andersons restore their faith in themselves.