The olden days - shielding children from the facts of life

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A myLotter wrote asking what was our favourite book as a child. My apologies but I’m not sure who wrote the discussion. My favourite books were always about animals and the book ‘My Friend Flicka’ by Mary O’Hara was mentioned. I was always a good reader and remember reading it as a child. The first page was missing which seemed very odd. Some years later, I read the book again, maybe a copy from the library, and the first page describes the birth of a foal. In those days, children were shielded from such things which seems pretty incredible in this day and age. I also remember my mother being horrified that her small grand-daughter had taken an ultrasound to school showing her unborn sibling in her mother’s womb. How times have changed. The photo is mine of an Arab stallion strutting his stuff.