The wonderful story of life : a mother's talks with her daughter regarding life and its reproduction / reprinted by the British Social Hygiene Council ... by permission of the United States Public Health Service.

  • United States. Public Health Service.
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[1933]
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Credit: The wonderful story of life : a mother's talks with her daughter regarding life and its reproduction / reprinted by the British Social Hygiene Council ... by permission of the United States Public Health Service. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    most wonderful thing in the world, they get married and live together. Then, if they have followed God's laws, they may some day make their home happy with loving children. And there is nothing, Helen Elizabeth, which makes a home happier than loving children. Your father and I know because we have you. CHAPTER VII. I feel that I have told you, Helen Elizabeth, about as much as your years will allow you to understand. But when you are 12 or 13 years old I may get another book for you. Meanwhile, if you have any questions to ask about any of these things, bring them to me or to father, and do not take them to other children. Many children are not told about such things by their parents, and what other children think they know may not be true. For that reason we do not talk about these matters outside the home. You will understand better now, I hope, why your father and I love you so very much. It is because we have given you so much of ourselves. You were born because we loved each other. And while father and mother fishes do not worry whether the little fishes live or not, we have cared for you very carefully until you are now getting to be a big girl. We shall continue to care for you, giving you food and clothes and a little room [23]