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Life useful educational material for adolescents

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This educational material has been prepared to impart life useful education to adolescents. This
material comprises of four flip books which are to be used along with CHETNA’s publication
- Child Birth Picture Book, available in various Indian languages. Use these flipbooks
chronologically.
How to use this flip book
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Hold this flip book by both the hands carefully. Ensure that the illustrations face the group.
Take care that the illustrations are not hidden by your hands.

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When the illustrations are facing the group, you will be able to see the writings relevant
to the illustrations. To attract the group’s attention make the story interesting by narrating
it with expressions.

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When you are telling the story, kindly point out with your finger the characters and
incidents, in the illustrations. This will help the group to concentrate.

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On the last page of this flip book, some questions have been given. Kindly initiate
discussions with the help of these questions.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Shree Sanjay Sarkar, Ex-Student, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, who contributed actively
in the development of this material.
We would also like to express our sincere thanks to the Management and Staff of Vikas Sansthan - Jambusar, Ashadeep
- Vallabh Vidhyanagar and Tribuvandas Foundation - Anand, for their support during the field testing of this material. Lastly
we are grateful to the adolescent girls and boys who provided their valuable feedback on the material.

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Sex determination
The sex of the child is determined by the chromosomes present in the sperms of the man. But
the process of determination cannot be controlled by either the man or the woman, it is natu
ral. However, in India often women are held responsible for giving birth to a female child. There
is need to understand that the woman does not have any direct or indirect control on the sex
determination of the child, but the much wider need is to analyse and re-frame our attitude to
wards the girl-child.
Indian society is a Patriarchal society, because of which every family aspires for a son to con
tinue the family line, to perform the last rights of parents. He is also the security for old age,
therefore sons are preferred to daughters.

However, the attitude of the society is changing. We should contribute by speeding it up, so that
being a girl is something to be proud of and not an unfortunate accident. More and more girls
have proved that they are capable and responsible citizens, when provided with the conducive
environment. The time has come when society must provide space for the growth and develop
ment of this agile and capable member of the society, who can be much more effective if pro
vided with education and opportunities and can prove her worth.

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Ramu was a farmer. His wife was Sita. Sita was very talented. Her
skills in embroidery were a source of income for the family. People
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After some years they were gifted with a healthy daughter
(To explain Childbirth kindly refer Child Birth Picture Book).
Her birth was celebrated in the village. Her parents named
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Ramu and Sita brought her up with love and affection. Sita
used to play with her and tell her stories. When Sumati grew
up she started accompanying her father to their farm. She
also started attending school. She was a very intelligent child
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After some years, Sita again became pregnant. Her friends
and elders started telling her, “This time you must have a
son.” Sita immediately responded, “What is the difference
between a son and a daughter? Which is the quality in any
boy that my Sumati doesn’t possess? She is good at studies
and has also learnt farming.”

Ramu and Sita told the villagers, “Son or daughter, both are
equal for us. And we have decided that we will have only
two children”.

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One day, Sumati asked her father whether she would be
having a brother or a sister. Ramu explained to her what the
doctor had explained to him. He said, “Children are born
from their parents. Like flowers and fruits, the human body
also has seeds which fertilize to be children. Female seeds
have two similar kind of substances. While male seed have
two different kind substances. If the newly developed seed
receives similar substances from male and female seeds,
than a daughter is born. But if the different substance of
male seed mixes with the female seed a son is born”.
Sex Determination

Our body is made up of cells. The centre of the cell is made of a nucleus. The fuction of
the nucleus is to maintain the activities of the cell. The nucleus of male and female cell
contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, out of which, the 23rd pair is different and is responsible
for determining the sex of the child. The construction of the 23rd pair in the male Chromosom
is “XY” and that of female is “XX”. During conception, if the “Y” chromosome from man and
“X” chomosome of woman meet a son is born. If similar chromosomes from female and male
meet, a daughter is born. The mixing of chromosome is not in our control.
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After few months, Sita gave birth to another daugther. She
was named Parvati. Every one was happy to see the healthy
child. The couple joyfully celebrated the birth of their second
daughter by distributing sweets among the villagers.

After narrating the story initiate the discussion on the
following questions
® Is it necessary to have a male second child, in case the
first child is a daughter?
• Who determines the sex of the child ?
• Is it necessary to educate a daugther?

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