Does it feel too early to start a conversation with your eight or nine-year-old child about puberty? As you watch them playing with their friends, you might feel like it is too soon. But, trust me, this change is already starting inside their body. I’m…
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A Change of Mind, Not A Change of Heart
September 5, 2018
You feel a lot of pain as your adolescent is pushing away from you to gain their independence. What is happening? During childhood, they were dependent on you to make decisions for them and to take care of their basic needs. When they became adolescents,…
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Can Your Daughter Describe the Structure of Her Breast?
January 11, 2018
Fortunately, various women’s movements have raised our awareness of breast cancer. We want our daughters to be thoughtful in the care of their breasts, but I wonder how many of them know the structure of their breast and the changes that happen during the early…
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Where Do They Rate on the Thankfulness Scale?
November 16, 2017
On a thankfulness scale of 1-5 (with 5 being the best), where would you place your adolescent? When they were just young children, we could ask them to say “thank you” at the appropriate times and most children willingly made the correct response. Now that…
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Breast Buds: Celebrate Puberty Moments for Girls 8-9 Years Old
November 1, 2016
Celebrate Puberty Moments are brief mini-lessons about puberty from me to you. The topic for this month: Breast Buds Breast Buds begin to form when girls are entering early puberty at about 8-9 years old. In this video, I explain how these form and how…
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