Parenting Through Puberty
If She's Hesitant to Ask for Help
The self consciousness that arrives during puberty for almost every girl isn’t just related to her changing body. Her changing brain heightens her awareness of how others perceive her. Are they judging her? These worries can make it really hard to ask for help.
The Touchy Topic of Self-Touch
We all have a basic human need for physical affection – to be touched in ways that feel safe and comforting, or sometimes in ways that simply create pleasure. So, let's talk about the role of self-touch in helping her grow up confident about her body.
Should You Raise or Lower Expectations?
Have you ever considered lowering expectations to avoid disappointment? Guilty. Not only have I thought it, but I'm pretty sure I've said it out loud to my children. There's a learning curve to finding the right balance, but luckily, we have some research from Psychology to guide us.
How to Help Her When She's Moody
Real quick - Tell me what word you would use to label this group of emotions: happy, joyful, confident, excited, victorious 😁 Ok, how about these? angry, jealous, sad, lonely, scared 😭 Did you use positive and negative? Good and bad? Healthy and unhealthy? When I ask...
The Best DIY Tool for Girls' Anxiety
When things are unpredictable, it’s normal to feel anxious (hello new school year; hello puberty). When adults are anxious, kids absorb that anxiety and add it to their own, magnifying the impact. And when kids are anxious (like maybe now as they see the back to...
No Brothers?
Girls are not just curious about how their own bodies will change, they ask a ton of questions about how puberty affects other kids. How much should they learn about each other? You know my answer: ALL of it. If she has a brother, it can help. We have no boys, so I had to get creative.
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