Review: The Birds and the Bees story for sharing with youngsters
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 4, 2013
The Birds and the Bees story for sharing with youngstersElizabeth Reed has devised a very touching manner in sharing with young children the beginning of life – their life. It is both scientifically correct and warmly supportive so that children can understand from a very early age just what conception is all about.Accompanied by sensitive childlike drawings Jame’s mother shares with her son that James began in her mother’s heart – her heart heralded the presence of a boy. Mother thought and thought and while she knew she had eggs in her belly she needed a seed to make the egg grow: that seed came from a man who shared love or, since mommy didn’t have such a man she discovered a ‘Bank of the Precious Things’ where she could find seeds donated by good men so that a woman who did not have her own man could still have a child. Mother visits the bank, sees the doctor and the doctor places the donated seed in her belly and the result was James who grew in his mommy’s belly for nine months until he was ready to come out and be hugged. After nine months James kicked his mommy’s belly from the inside and mommy went to the hospital where she was helped to deliver James so that Mommy could give James her first forever hug – the beginning of a family filled with love – and every time James puts his head on mommy’s chest he hears mommy’s heart saying ‘James’! Very dear, very informative way for informing children – especially those of single mothers – just how the miracle of life begins. Grady Harp, December 13