but the idea of trial was made natural and normal for marriage he was happy to know that he would have a new baby sister or brother bob's mother was a widow in spite of this she was determined that her son should have a proper knowledge of sex from the beginning she answered all his questions if no questions came to arrange situations so that he became conscious  when he was little bob and his mother were always together and they had a wonderful time as he grew older he made sure that he played with other children both boys and girls and when he was older still he was pleased and proud that he seemed to fit in well with the boys in fact when he was about ten married to had a normal childhood with many friends of both sexes but as the time for mary's first menstrual period approached their mother explained about the changes that would take place instead of leaving her to pick up odd bits of startling and inaccurate information from a schoolmate mary's father and mother got along well about eleven mary went through a sort of reversal she didn't talk much and spend hours alone just daydreaming what's the matter with her  mary's mother tried to discuss sex without embarrassment and to give mary franks without prejudice or any suggestion of fear or shame some of them learned about sex from books but there were so many things that they didn't know about this time mary developed a sudden strong friendship with lucilla william it seemed that mary could talk better with lucille than with anybody they had absolutely no secrets from each other they were inseparable mother forget the devotion he had brought her own girlfriend about twenty five years ago she spent hours trying to make yourself more attractive imagining herself in all sorts of romantic situations it might be a boy know but it's going to be about a boy bob was growing up to you about the reproductive organs and not there are no limits and he also knew about masturbation but he read that the problem was more mental than physical that the healthiest life for him was the have plenty of exercise and fresh air he liked football and the coach who was a hero do no wrong bob tried to be as much like him as a good girls girls girls date every night he was worried perhaps his behavior was normal but it was not to their liking how could you get him more interested in a school w with well i guess you'll just have to learn by experience are to look after yourself and mary was learning by experience he acquired a lot of social skills and graces to learn how other people are likely to react to different situations to learn about this and by going with a lot of boys she found out what kind of boise really liked most and her mother tried to help her develop sound judgment about boys not to be influenced by superficial glamour or the opinions of others because their mother never seemed shocked married talked freely with by sixteen other have married had settled down to go steady with one boy george palmer was in her class at school my mother began to be appraised of the affair was becoming too serious actually mary enjoyed at the point of breaking up anyway it seemed as though all the planning and guidance and she was a child had been a waste of time bob was going with a bad crowd like most teenagers he wanted to be one of the get go as far or father than anyone else his mother didn't know what to do if he said anything he just became more secretive and defended his friends against old fashioned models as he called them he felt that somehow he had failed in his training in the meantime mary had a new study stanley brooks had a good disposition intelligence reasonable good looks he came closer to her ideal than george that in fact she thought this might be the real thing mary senses that her mother approves of stan and this encourages her to talk to that about  but not long after stan's family moved away that was that girlfriend don't early training was taking on new meaning to personal experience mary had broken up with jack and by chance she turned up at the same party  when they met that first night both had a pretty good idea of the kind of people they really like war and more they found in each other the things they were looking boy being together in the enjoyment of everything they did they tried to be together all the time but each time they knew from the beginning they'd make them they both had a good sense of humor they both enjoyed doing the same thing because of similar family and educational background they had much the same way of looking at things they began to know that this time  to have real meaning first each of them learned the biological facts of sex as soon as they were able to understand the second they learned about the other sex from their own experience their parents tried to help them understand the real values of do you believe their parents have done the best they could to help mary and bob make all these adjustment have some background for marriage what do you think