{"id":2007807,"date":"2023-08-22T07:37:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T11:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teach-your-daughter-to-love-her-womanhood-with-these-body-literacy-resources\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T07:41:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T11:41:19","slug":"teach-your-daughter-to-love-her-womanhood-with-these-body-literacy-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teach-your-daughter-to-love-her-womanhood-with-these-body-literacy-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Help your daughter embrace her womanhood with these body literacy resources."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fteach-your-daughter-to-love-her-womanhood-with-these-body-literacy-resources%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2007807&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if I have a uterus or not. They didn\u2019t tell \u2064me.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A few months ago, \u200dbody literacy instructor Christina Valenzuela presented\u2064 a\u2063 live Cycle Prep workshop for girls at\u200b a local church in her \u2064home state of Massachusetts.\u2062 Following\u2064 the event, a mother approached her with an \u200binformation pamphlet from her daughter\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-director-schools-are-safe-places-for-kids-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"CDC Director: Schools Are Safe Places for Kids During Pandemic\">public school<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1240915697\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-48d00620770445dfebc1fc5df5996830 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-48d00620770445dfebc1fc5df5996830\"><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cShe explained \u200dthat the presentation was\u200b given in \u2063a co-ed classroom,\u201d Valenzuela said. \u2064\u201cBoys and girls were not separated, which ended up creating \u200dsome confusion when the kids\u2064 went home. This mother told me that a friend of hers had a son who attended the same presentation her daughter\u200d did. One day he asked his mom,\u00a0\u2018Am I going to get a \u2062period?\u2019 The mom was taken \u2064aback, but responded, \u2018Why\u200b would you think you\u2019re going to get a period?\u2019 \u2018Because in\u200d the presentation, they said that people with uteruses get\u2064 periods. And I don\u2019t know if I have a uterus or not. They didn\u2019t tell me.\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As \u200bthe school year commences, the parents of nearly 50 million\u2062 children will relinquish their rights to American public schools.\u00a0This a \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sf-school-board-president-accuses-mayor-of-division-for-criticizing-renaming-re-opening-plans\/\" title=\"SF School Board President Accuses Mayor Of \u2018Division\u2019 For Criticizing Renaming, Re-Opening Plans\">public school system<\/a> that, in many \u200cstates, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com\/banned-books-bunkum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/teach-your-daughter-to-love-her-womanhood-with-these-body-literacy-resources\/\" title=\"Help your daughter embrace her womanhood with these body literacy resources.\">actively promotes obscene literature<\/a><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontpagemag.com\/feds-are-fully-board-trans-train-larry-sand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-disturbing-findings-from-planned-parenthoods-annual-report\/\" title=\"5 Disturbing Findings from Planned Parenthood\u2019s Annual Report\">transgender hormone treatment<\/a><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthfairy.info\/p\/how-activist-teachers-recruit-kids?s=r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">parent subversion<\/a> to push perverse agendas. A trademark of the education institution for the past \u2063century, menstrual instruction has swung further and further from \u2064reality.<\/p>\n<p>The Sexuality \u2063Information and Education Council of the United States, founded in 1964, now actively promotes <a href=\"https:\/\/siecus.org\/about-siecus\/our-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201ca variety \u2063of social issues \u2026 [like] \u2062LGBTQ rights and reproductive justice,\u201d<\/a> the latter of \u200bwhich is often a euphemism for\u2062 abortion. Basic biology has taken a backseat.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Replacing Body Ignorance with Body Literacy<\/h2>\n<p>Valenzuela knows firsthand how blatant gender \u200cpolitics in the classroom are \u200cwreaking havoc on young minds.\u2062 She has instructed couples in natural\u2064 family planning (NFP) since 2013. An\u200b umbrella term for natural methods \u2064to \u2062increase a woman\u2019s chance\u200d of conceiving and avoiding pregnancy based\u200d on the rhythms of her individual cycle, NFP has been widely and successfully \u2063used to support women \u200band families.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-608ad004891b2e29132f5d1f92771824 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-608ad004891b2e29132f5d1f92771824\"><\/div>\n<p>In response to growing \u201cprogressive\u201d instruction in schools and\u2064 a lack of confidence in parents \u2064to tackle sex and \u2063biological instruction, \u2063she developed a series of online\u200d workshops for \u2062girls leading\u2063 up to puberty and \u200bbeyond. Her company, <a href=\"https:\/\/pearlandthistle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pearl\u2062 and Thistle<\/a>, supports fertility and body literacy for single \u200cwomen, couples, and parents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat just teaching the biology of the body could be counter-cultural was never on my radar,\u201d Valenzuela\u2063 said. \u201cThe very first Cycle Prep \u2064program was in 2019, at the request of mothers who were looking for education and a value\u200b system that explained all of the science of the menstrual cycle and communicated the goodness of the\u2063 body design. That this is a normal,\u2064 healthy part of\u2062 growing up\u200c and this is something that our bodies do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had no idea that in the wake of this, we would be needing more of this education \u200cbecause some\u2063 school programs are intentionally\u2064 going \u2064a different route,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Valenzuela is adamant\u200c that body literacy should replace \u200cbody ignorance and that education\u200c should start with parents or caregivers. Relinquishing your child\u2019s instruction in even basic truths of sexual anatomy to schools is \u200brisky these days.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cc2282c08dd6504d3db873f75f1d1ac1 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-cc2282c08dd6504d3db873f75f1d1ac1\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-abbott-says-he-is-livid-by-the-inaccurate-reports-surrounding-the-uvalde-shooting\/\" title=\"Gov. Abbott Says He Is \u2018Livid\u2019 By The Inaccurate Reports Surrounding The Uvalde Shooting\">fourth-grade teachers<\/a> in our \u200bclassrooms aren\u2019t any more an expert in the menstrual cycle than a parent,\u201d Valenzuela said. \u201cThey are working \u200doff a script that was devised by the education system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And unlike the hyper-sexualized\u200b sex ed\u200d in public schools \u2064today, Valenzuela disagrees with a sex-centered approach. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe \u200dcan talk about \u2064the menstrual cycle\u200c and puberty without going into \u2064a \u200ddetailed conversation of sex and contraception,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been taught in our society \u200cthat they are all combined, but they are not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With many schools \u200cteaching more gender\u2062 ideology \u2064than biology, resources that help young women to accept and understand their bodies\u2064 are especially needed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think\u2064 I would have had a much more positive experience of my cycles in those teenage years if I had\u200d felt \u200cthat there was some sort of community versus being siloed in our own \u2062cycles, \u200dour own questions, and our own suffering,\u201d Valenzuela\u200b said. \u201cI always commission families that if they\u2064 [educate themselves] as a\u200c group they are doing it for each other. They will be equipped to help one another out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Valenzuela recommends the following cycle \u2064education programs and books \u2064for girls:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cycle\u200c Education Programs and Books for Girls:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cycleprep.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cycle Prep:\u200b First Period Course<\/a> \u200b(Pearl and Thistle)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/guidingstarproject.com\/cycle-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cycle Show<\/a> (Guiding Star Project)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teenstar.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TeenSTAR<\/a> \u200d(programs for boys and girls)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/naturalwomanhood.org\/mothers-of-teens-online-course-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mothers of (Pre)Teens Online Course<\/a> (Natural Womanhood)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fertilityscienceinstitute.org\/#motherdaughter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mother\u200b Daughter Area<\/a> (Fertility Science Institute)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/femmhealth.org\/teacher-directory\/?_search_teachers=teenFEMM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TeenFEMM<\/a> (from Fertility Education and Medical Management, directory of \u200cinstructors)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fabmbase.org\/about-fabm-base\/the-founders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FABMbase<\/a> (a self-described \u201cfertility awareness database\u201d)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/guidingstarproject.com\/product\/whats-going-on-in-my-body-all-about-the-female-cycle-periods-and-fertility-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>What\u2019s Going On In My Body?<\/em><\/a>  (a book by Dr. Elisabeth Raith-Paula)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-25fa888c51ecb4705cda16177c5ff6f6 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-25fa888c51ecb4705cda16177c5ff6f6\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m unsure about having a uterus. No one informed me.&#8221; Recently, in Massachusetts, Christina Valenzuela, a body literacy instructor, conducted a Cycle Prep workshop for girls at a nearby church. Afterward, a mother handed her a pamphlet regarding her daughter&#8217;s health, seeking further guidance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":638,"featured_media":2007808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2007807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2007807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2007808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2007807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2007807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2007807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}