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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would you feel the same way about a boy who didn’t want to talk about puberty? Expect him to “acknowledge” it and discuss it? Probably not! We have as a society pretty fraught attitudes towards female sexuality and this impacts how girls feel about puberty. She probably feels like she’s being put under a weird microscope.

It’s her body and she doesn’t need to talk to you about it or think about it at all. She does need to maintain hygeine and learn about birth control etc (hopefully that’s been a discussion prior to puberty.)

As for the bras, just leave a variety for her. At her age I totally refused bras and didn’t wear one regularly until I discovered super comfortable bralettes in bright fun colors that were not girly and did not look like bras.

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While I agree with you, how does OP talk about BC when her kid won't talk about puberty?

OP your kid is ten puberty should have been a discussion for years now. BC for sure as well. All of your kids not just girls.

If she doesn't want to wear a bra so what. If she ends up getting teased if it bothers her she will. I would buy some long camis with shelf bras and sports bras and leave them in her room like PP said. No regular bras.
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Well, these are conversations that they should have been having far prior to puberty. I’ve been discussing reproduction with my son since he was very young. But if OP hasn’t then yeah, she needs to figure out a way to catch up. You can talk about this stuff without making it personal to the child - like discussing politics etc. They probably also have a health unit about it in school. [/quote]

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