Adolescent girls are invariably sentimental and romantically inclined. The parents should not laugh at this display—rather they should guide it into right channels. Faulty sex-consciousness is grounded in this ridicule of the parents. If her sentimental dreams are sneered at, the girl does not cease having them; on the contrary, they increase in volume, but she hides it all, and ultimately grows shy and reticent. She begins to fall in love with matinée idols, with the older men about her, with some favorite teacher. This is natural, and should not be suppressed. If she has proper sex-knowledge, and is considerately treated by her parents, she will soon grow out of this stage into a normal womanhood.. A girl’s first sweethearts should not be jeered at. If her youthful friendships are encouraged among nice boys, if her choice of a first “beau” is accepted as natural, and not made fun of, she will avoid that sex-consciousness which so frequently leads to secrecy in such affairs, and to ultimate misery. Do not fear to have your daughter go out with young boys. See that her friends are honorable boys, and that she knows what life means, and no harm can come to her. Parents recoil in horror from the fear of a youthful misstep, and scorn the unfortunate girl who makes it. They never realize that the fault lies with them. Nine-tenths of the unfortunate errors made by young girls and boys are made through ignorance. If a girl has no knowledge of life, she is an easy victim of any man’s or boy’s pleadings. Her curiosity urges her on, and once the thing is done, she, not the guilty parents, pays for the social sin. II. THE ORIGIN OF LOVE. The thing we call love is known to no species but man. The urge toward mating is in all plant and animal life, taking place at such times and places and in such a manner as is most valuable to the species. No one, even the most prudish, regards the mating of animals as shameful. We do not speak with bated breath of the arrival of a litter of kittens, nor do we lock the cat in the closet when she feeds these offspring. Yet, the very same phenomenon, taking place among men, is spoken of in hushed tones, and when we see a woman nursing a baby in public, we regard her as little higher than an animal.