SEX - Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English - Page 18/41

will not be so, especially with regard to her sex problems, unless she

can appeal to her mother as a friend and confidant. While keeping your

girl's mind pure and healthy by precept and example, do not forget

that the best way to protect her against evil influences and

communications is to tell her the exact truth about sex facts, as they

apply to her, just as the father should his boy. Keep your girl fully

occupied and do not leave her sex education to the evil winds of

chance.

Let sex knowledge take its place as a proper, necessary part of her

general education. If your daughter feels she can at all times talk

freely to you all will be well. Gratify her natural sex curiosity in a

natural way. See that _immediate_ medical attention is given

inflammations, excoriations, itchings and swellings of her genital

organs. Such conditions will lead her to rub and scratch these

parts--never to be touched--for relief. If, as a result of the

sensations experienced, masturbation results, _yours is the sin_.