Tag: puberty
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Are 11-Year-Old Girls Too Young to Shave Their Legs?
Get Pregnant Fast In a recent advice column, a mother expressed her concern about her 11-year-old daughter wanting to shave her legs. The letter raised a thought-provoking question: When is the right age for a girl to start shaving? The columnist, Jane Thompson, suggested that the appropriate time is when a girl feels uncomfortable about…
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Texts From My Fierce Uterus
Get Pregnant Fast It all started when I was 14. My mom had spent years prepping me for what was to come, filling me in on the ins and outs of it all. But honestly, I was still left thinking: WHY? She assured me there was no need to panic, promising to guide me through…
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Confession: The Hormonal Transition Scare
Get Pregnant Fast As a parent, I often find myself in a whirlwind of emotions as I watch my son, Alex, navigate his childhood. At just 10 years old, he has always been the kind of kid who prefers to think things through rather than act impulsively. Instead of leaping off high surfaces, he assesses…
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Navigating the Boy-Man Transition: A Journey Through Adolescence
Get Pregnant Fast As I ponder the peculiar phase of development that is 11-year-old boys, I can’t help but wonder if the creator of the Twilight Zone had them in mind. This is a time when they delicately, and sometimes clumsily, traverse the bridge between boyhood and manhood. Boys at this stage find themselves with…
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Navigating the 4th Grade Sex Talk: A Parent’s Perspective
Get Pregnant Fast When I learned I was having a son during my ultrasound appointment, joy swept over me like a wave. Of course, I would have cherished a daughter just as much, but seeing that little flickering dot transform into a baby boy made everything feel real. In that moment, all my hopes for…