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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contending with Mother about this and that, you will find yourself thinking<br />
only of her in most unkind ways. Just a little of the deference and courtesy<br />
given to strangers, would help you better to understand your mother.<br />
Mother has many things to think about, and her mind is often full of<br />
perplexing problems which you know nothing about. It may be that just at<br />
the time when you are most persistent about something or other, your<br />
contention is the last straw which wears her out, and she answers you more<br />
sternly than you think she ought. You feel abused and hampered. You think<br />
of Mother as being unkind and possibly unjust. She thinks of you as<br />
being stubborn and ungrateful. Both of you would see things differently<br />
— if you took time to keep acquainted.<br />
Keep acquainted with Father also. Too often he is not counted into his<br />
daughter's life at all, other than to provide the money she needs. He is a<br />
great blessing in the girl's life, if she will only give him a chance to know<br />
her. He is busy and can hardly be expected to take the initiative in a hearty<br />
acquaintance; but he will appreciate the kind advances of his young<br />
daughter, if she comes to him smiling and seeking to know him.<br />
To keep acquainted with herself or her parents, a girl must<br />
be considerate and thoughtful. She cannot give way to her every<br />
imagination or whim — but must consider what is best for her and for<br />
others.<br />
When a girl is just entering her teens, she must watch carefully indeed if she<br />
keeps from being selfish. So much is happening in her life just then, such<br />
great changes taking place — that she is almost certain to become selfcentered<br />
and to think always of herself first. It is such a task for her to keep<br />
up with her thoughts and feelings and desires — that everybody else is<br />
forgotten. There is something about the tumultuous condition of her<br />
nature, that makes her see with crooked eyes — so that things are not in<br />
their right proportions. Just a little reasoning on her part will help her to<br />
see that she is making a mistake.<br />
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