A robust puberty education teaches that you can be the hero of your own story without needing a romantic co-lead in every scene.
Bram’s hand, to his own astonishment, went up. A robust puberty education teaches that you can
Bram felt a hot flush crawl up his neck. He stared at the dust motes dancing in the projector beam, anywhere but the screen. Then the drawings became photographs. A boy’s face, then a girl’s, their features softening into young adulthood. A boy’s shoulder broadening. A girl’s hip curving. He stared at the dust motes dancing in
Sexuele Voorlichting - Puberty Sexual Education For Boys And Girls -1991- English.46 A boy’s shoulder broadening
The projector whirred to life, its spools clicking like nervous hearts. A strip of light pierced the dim room, landing on a portable screen that smelled faintly of dust and old vinyl. On it, the title card appeared in blocky, reassuring letters: Sexuele Voorlichting – Puberty: Sexual Education for Boys and Girls.
Mrs. Visser stood by the wall, arms crossed, face soft. She wasn’t smiling, but she wasn’t grimacing either. She was simply there , a grown-up who had decided that knowledge was kinder than silence.