Wise Parenthood (1st edition)/Author's Preface

SO many people have written to me after reading my book "Married Love," asking for more detail about the end of my chapter on "Children," that it became impossible to answer each one personally. As not only these individual inquirers, but the world at large, and even the medical profession, lack a rational, scientific, and critical consideration of the details concerning birth control methods now used by millions of people, this little book seemed urgently needed. I sincerely trust that it will help materially to improve our race and to check the spread of nervous and other injuries so prevalent as a result of ignorant attempts to obtain that wise and health-giving control of parenthood which all who think must crave.

I should like to take this opportunity of urging young couples who truly love to have all the children to whom they can give health and beauty, even if by so doing they sacrifice their personal luxuries.

October, 1918.