Reframing First Period Conversations

Reframing First Period Conversations

When you started your periodโ€ฆdid someone say something about becoming a woman?? The day I got my first period, I thought I was dying because what I saw in my underwear didnโ€™t look like what I expected a period to look like. I wasnโ€™t sure exactly what was going on, but...
When She’s Resistant to Wearing a Bra

When She’s Resistant to Wearing a Bra

When I was in the 4th grade, I got called โ€œNipsey Russellโ€ by the boys in my class (Iโ€™m dating myself, but Nipsey Russel was a TV comedian waaaayyyy back in the day). Obviously, my attempts to hide my budding breasts under baggy shirts wasnโ€™t working, and I finally...
Preparing Yourself for HER Puberty

Preparing Yourself for HER Puberty

Itโ€™s normal to feel anxiety rising when you look at your daughter and realize sheโ€™s moving quickly through childhood toward puberty. Maybe one of her friends is developing, or maybe she tosses out some attitude that feels unfamiliar and prickly. Or maybe, she just put...