Generations of Virtue is a Christian company dedicated to helping parents train their children in purity of heart, mind, and body. They usually have a beautiful booth each year at my local home school convention and I’ve purchased many resources when designing my own Life Relationships course for my high school students. Being familiar with this company, I was happy to have the opportunity to review their Beautifully Made books for girls and their Teknon novel for boys (Teknon review is HERE).
The Beautifully Made books come in a set of three soft covers, tied together with a pretty pink ribbon. These are books designed to help mothers discuss the menstrual cycle with their preteen daughters. Book One is for sharing what is to come, to prepare your daughter before she begins. Book Two is to be read once she has started. The third book is for mom to read, to encourage you in approaching puberty as a celebration rather than a curse.
I tend to discuss these things naturally with my children, without needing the aid of books, so I tried to read these from the point of view of someone who may be less comfortable with talking about this topic. Sometimes it is easier to bring up a discussion like this if you can use a book for reference. I wouldn’t suggest just handing these books to your daughter, but rather using them as a jumping off point. They are very detailed, sometimes a tad more than I found necessary, so use your own discernment on sections you’d like your daughter to read.
Book Two contained a section comparing Christ’s sacrifice on the cross and shedding of His blood to the shedding of the uterine lining each month. I found this analogy to be a stretch, at the very least. It’s an unnecessary parallel anyway. We can be content with knowing that God created our bodies in such a way that we are prepared each month for child bearing, from the time we hit puberty. There’s no need to find a spiritual application to what is already a spiritual process in and of itself. A messy, sometimes difficult process, but a natural God-given one nonetheless. This section could always be removed if you find it problematic.
This is a topic every mother of a daughter must be prepared to discuss at some point. If you’d like help in sharing this information with your children, these books may be useful. I would suggest reading through them yourself first, to determine if you are comfortable handing these to your daughter to read on her own or if you’d prefer referring to them yourself to help begin a discussion.
These are available on their web site for $18.99. If you are heading to a convention in the near future, be sure to see if they have a booth. It’s usually the prettiest one there.
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