Beautiful Girlhood compiled by Debra Maffett
Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale was written in 1922. Those years forming the transition period between childhood and womanhood are filled with wonderful interest and attractiveness, for there is nothing of more beauty and grace than the budding and blossoming of girlhood. But the young feet that travel this way are often fearful and uncertain, or willful and bold. Each and all have need of guidance; they need a helping hand along the way. This book is sent forth with a sincere desire to be a blessing. In a timeless way, this classic book offers practical, biblical wisdom on the issues every girl faces, from beauty to attitudes to relationships.
Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale was written in 1922. Those years forming the transition period between childhood and womanhood are filled with wonderful interest and attractiveness, for there is nothing of more beauty and grace than the budding and blossoming of girlhood. But the young feet that travel this way are often fearful and uncertain, or willful and bold. Each and all have need of guidance; they need a helping hand along the way. This book is sent forth with a sincere desire to be a blessing. In a timeless way, this classic book offers practical, biblical wisdom on the issues every girl faces, from beauty to attitudes to relationships.
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BOYFRIENDS<br />
"Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you. Wisdom<br />
will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are<br />
perverse, who leave the straight paths to walk in dark ways”<br />
Proverbs 2:11-13<br />
It is a strange experience in the life of any girl when she begins to realize<br />
that there is a difference in the way she feels toward boys. While she enjoys<br />
being with her girl friends, she seems to also enjoy the company that<br />
includes a few boys. When she was but ten, she could be her happiest with<br />
never a boy around; and if they did come and wished to join in her play<br />
with the girls — she felt angry about it. She said they were always teasing<br />
and tormenting, and the girls were better off with the boys away. Now,<br />
since she is in her teens, this attitude changes.<br />
Before marriageable age, the girl should be friendly to all — but serious<br />
with none. Her friendship with boys should be frank and open with nothing<br />
in it loverlike. Social gatherings in her home should be without courtship<br />
and pairing up of boys and girls.<br />
Some social gatherings are in place — if they are conducted in a spiritual<br />
atmosphere and if older people are present.<br />
When boys and girls in their early and middle teens begin to think of<br />
themselves as sweethearts — they are getting on a footing that is not good.<br />
At that age, neither of them has been wakened in the affections to know<br />
what they are about. The feelings they have are immature, though they may<br />
be the beginning of true love. Generally these romances are not permanent<br />
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