I'm making out my daughters scholastic plan for the next 6 years. Crazy...maybe! Anyway, this coming year she will be entering 7th grade - 7th grade! I was trying to remember what I took in school during 7th grade. One of those classes was health/sex ed. I remember what sex-ed class was like While my parents taught me abstinence, the school was teaching something else as well as exposing us to many contraceptives as well as a lifestyle contradictive to what my parents were trying to teach at home. I heard this from the class and students much more because that's the environment I was in.
My goal here is to still be vigilant on teaching my children health education/sex education from a biblical perspective. Coming into puberty is something that we are going to celebrate in this family. It means that our son/daughter is making the shift into adulthood. We want our children to be prepared for what's coming. For instance, after reading through From Girl....To Woman, I put together a little kit for my daughter. I had called several different companies and asked them to donate a sample of their feminine hygiene products. I made up a pretty basket of all these items among a few other things. This way, when this time comes for her, she'll not only have what she needs, but she'll also be able to choose which product she likes best. We'll also do "women's day" like suggested in a Cosby movie we saw not too long ago - a celebration!
Each one of the books below addresses something different and can be very helpful along this journey of coming into adulthood.
My goal here is to still be vigilant on teaching my children health education/sex education from a biblical perspective. Coming into puberty is something that we are going to celebrate in this family. It means that our son/daughter is making the shift into adulthood. We want our children to be prepared for what's coming. For instance, after reading through From Girl....To Woman, I put together a little kit for my daughter. I had called several different companies and asked them to donate a sample of their feminine hygiene products. I made up a pretty basket of all these items among a few other things. This way, when this time comes for her, she'll not only have what she needs, but she'll also be able to choose which product she likes best. We'll also do "women's day" like suggested in a Cosby movie we saw not too long ago - a celebration!
Each one of the books below addresses something different and can be very helpful along this journey of coming into adulthood.
From Girl.....to Woman - we've already read this and it's fabulous!
Beautiful Girlhood with the companion guide.
Every Young Woman's Battle
The Art Natural Family Planning - this is for an older high school girl.
If you have any suggestions of books that would be great to add into this, please feel free to let me know in the comments section.
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For more suggestions, I don't know how you feel about earrings, but when I got my period, my parents got my ears pierced. It was kind of an initiation into womanhood for me– and a good memory :)
They understand lots of things; some things have always been openly discussed such as the differences in my body vs. hers and how someday she will experience these types of changes. Also, I am not sure what all they remember from my pregnancy with their brother but there was lots of good talk back then, too.
For older girls (and actually, for all women) I totally recommend "Taking Charge of Your Fertility". It is so informative and yet so easy to read. I haven't read the family planning book you posted here, though, so perhaps it might be a better choice from the Christian perspective (TTOYF was very much for the 'modern woman' from what I remember...)
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I am curious what you think of the Asian model and what you might thing the limitations or weaknesses are. I haven't decided what to do yet, though. Perhaps I will combine things.
I recently got The Princess and the Kiss to read to my girls. (God's gift of purity)(there is one for boys as well.. 'The Squire and the Scroll' (a tale of the rewards of a pure heart))
I'm going to look up the books you mentioned on amazon!
~Alaia
They are beautifully written. The illustrations are beautiful.