Some things don't change. In fact this book kept hitting home to me how little has changed. The author ran a play centre during the second world war, but the descriptions of her work are more akin to youth work.
Young people wanted to know about sex. Paneth ignored those who thought they shouldn't be told and gave non-judgmental answers. She honestly answered the questions that were seen as shocking by other adults, except that a shocking question then was "how are babies made?"
There were explicit issues around racism that Paneth faced as someone classified as an "alien" (an Austrian living in Britain during world war II) who challenged established norms. She was reminded that her controversial responses could have a negative effect on herself and other "aliens".
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