Constance Alexander: From books, children learn what parents (and others) don't want to talk about - NKyTribune

I was twelve when my mother left a pamphlet titled, “Now You are Ten” on my pillow. Fortunately, my older sister had already schooled me on menstruation, a topic Mother chose not to address. Unfor

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