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What Every Mother Should Know; or, How Six Little Children Were Taught The Truth

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The work presents a sequential, child-centered approach to explaining reproduction and sexual development by using stories about plants, amphibians, birds, mammals, and finally human development. It argues that parents should give truthful, age-appropriate information beginning with flowers for very young children and advancing to mammals and human anatomy as understanding grows, and warns that secrecy and myths breed confusion and harm. Alongside natural-history vignettes, it outlines parental responsibilities, notes social and medical risks tied to ignorance, and offers practical guidance for home instruction to foster comprehension and respect for the reproductive process.

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Title: What Every Mother Should Know; or, How Six Little Children Were Taught The Truth

Author: Margaret Sanger

Release date: March 26, 2018 [eBook #56846]

Language: English

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WHAT EVERY MOTHER SHOULD KNOW

MARGARET H. SANGER

WHAT EVERY MOTHER SHOULD KNOW
OR
HOW SIX LITTLE CHILDREN WERE TAUGHT THE TRUTH

BY
Margaret H. Sanger
THE RABELAIS PRESS
27–29 New Bowery, New York
1914

44R

Pinski-Massel Press

To Stuart, my first born, whose first heart throb led me into the joyous complexities of motherhood.

Dedicated January, 1911.