Books about puberty for girls

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Anonymous wrote:My 8 YO likes the American Girl book. She read it cover-to-cover when it arrived and still pulls it out occasionally. It covers other topics, too. When DD had a case of swimmer's ear, she pulled it out and told me what it said about preventing and treating it.

This, in bold, is the case with my daughter too. My 8 yo loved the book for younger girls - there's a book for older girls too.

Really dumb question but did you just give your DD the book or did you run through an explanation first and then give her the book? How did you start the conversation? We have the book but I feel like I need to some how introduce it before just giving it to DD and can't think of a way. She is almost 9.

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I gave my daughter the American Girl book when she was 9. She loves it. She read it from cover to cover and still pulls it out 2 years later to review. She has dogeared the pages and has brought it to me multiple times to ask me questions about things in the book. I just bought the second book for older girls. We have also bought some of their other books for tween girls.

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I read the American Girl book and then promptly returned it. It was very alarmist, it encouraged girls to feel awkward talking to their mothers, it encouraged girls to worry about every little thing. It was as if the book grabbed you by the shoulders and shook you while at the same time screaming in your face, "DON'T PANIC!"

I like What's Happening To Me Now? much, much better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read the American Girl book and then promptly returned it. It was very alarmist, it encouraged girls to feel awkward talking to their mothers, it encouraged girls to worry about every little thing. It was as if the book grabbed you by the shoulders and shook you while at the same time screaming in your face, "DON'T PANIC!"

I like What's Happening To Me Now? much, much better.

Ha! Totally disagree. My 8 year old loves it and doesn't feel alarmed. I read it first and then gave it to her. She spends a lot of time now coming in for discussions. We had a long one about pads vs tampons the other night.

Much better approach than my Mom taking me to the local hardware store to buy a sanitary belt. Talk about alarming!!

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"My Body, My Self" was great for my 8 year old, who is now 9. I gave it to her to read first, then we went through it together.

And for later - "Lets talk about $-E-X". I confess on this one, I let her read it and just asked if she wanted to talk about it. The only reason I bought it for her was that this year in 3rd grade other kids were beginning to talk about $ex, and she asked. If left to me, I'd have waited until closer to 10.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are You There God? It's Me Margaret

So the OP's daughter can learn about belts for sanitary pads?

Hah! I loved that book but I remember so confused when Margaret was talking about belt!

It's been updated now to reflect modern feminine supplies. Nary a belt in the book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"My Body, My Self" was great for my 8 year old, who is now 9. I gave it to her to read first, then we went through it together.

And for later - "Lets talk about $-E-X". I confess on this one, I let her read it and just asked if she wanted to talk about it. The only reason I bought it for her was that this year in 3rd grade other kids were beginning to talk about $ex, and she asked. If left to me, I'd have waited until closer to 10.

The fact that you have a hard time writing the word SEX makes me think you might not be as comfortable with it as you may think you are.

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^^ You dolt. Maybe not really important at DCUM compared to other group forums, but the $ is a well-known way to keep these pages from coming up in results for people searching for porn or adult services.

Plus, I don't think the PP was implying any more comfort than others on discussing with her/his daughter.

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It's been updated now to reflect modern feminine supplies. Nary a belt in the book.

Urk. Really? What else did they update? So much for textual authenticity.

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You should know that the Girls' Guide to Becoming a Teen by AMA includes a final chapter that is all about sex. It discusses oral, anal and vaginal sex in it, along with masturbation, sexual assault, STDs and sexual intimacy in dating relationships. You might be fine with this but it might be too much info for some kids depending on the age they read it at, or at least read it first so you can discuss this chapter with your daughter.

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"It's So Amazing" is great for both genders. I think its recommended audience is 7-10 yo olds.

[Anonymous]

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"It's So Amazing" is great for both genders. I think its recommended audience is 7-10 yo olds.

I'm wondering in all seriousness is there an app equivalent?