This is a picture of young girls who have just completed a Celebrate Puberty Workshop with me. I asked them to organize themselves into the correct sequence of events in a menstrual cycle. My favorite part of this exercise is sitting back and watching them…
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Start Mom-Daughter Talks Early
April 26, 2019
The time to begin talking to your daughter about her girl anatomy is when she is as young as 5-7 years old. This is such a precious age. These little girls are curious and have endless questions about their body, and it’s natural for them…
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Back to Basics: Teaching Girls About Their Reproductive Parts
April 18, 2019
Let’s make sure that we teach our young daughters the basics about where their reproductive structures are located before we teach them about what they do. When you put your hands on your hips, you are touching the pelvis. This is a circle of bone…
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What Your Daughter Needs to Know About Getting Her Period
April 11, 2019
Does your daughter understand that having a period is a healthy cleansing process of the body? Learning about her menstrual cycle and how the lining of the uterus, the endometrium, builds up each month might help her to think differently about her periods. During the…
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Does Talking about Sex Mean Your Adolescent Will Want to Have Sex?
April 4, 2019
Is it your opinion that if you talk to your adolescent about sexual topics, it might encourage them to try it out? I have heard this argument frequently from parents, but I have a different perspective. Recently, a small group of high school girls were…
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