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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sit down with her.  Say more than "Hey I changed your sheets" which is very confrontational and embarrassing for an adolescent and foster child and not warm and nurturing at all.

Have a chat with her in which you explain menstruation, both how it works and how you plan for it, cope with it, and deal with it.  Either do it as a mother/daughter or as "one of the girls."  Give her a book (you may have already) so she can read on her own.[/quote]

I'm open to book recommendations- pls let me know if you have any![/quote]

The American Girl body books are really well-written. They might skew a little younger but she sounds a little immature. 
"The Care and Keeping of You-1" (for younger girls) and "2" for older girls.

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Wow.  If she already has a baby, she needs "Our Bodies, Ourselves" not some American Girl book.  Our Bodies, Ourselves was originally written by the Boston Women's Health Collective and contains comprehensive, objective, non-discriminatory information on women's health from cradle to grave. [/quote]

She has had a baby. Unfortunately, the birth of her child doesn't really correlate as much as I would hope to maturing. Evaluations of her have overwhelming compared her emotionally and intellectually as closer to a 10 year old than the adult she is biologically/technically becoming. I will look at this book too thank you![/quote]

OP - you now mention she's functioning at the level of a 10 year old. Knowing that she was special needs would certainly have gotten you more compassionate advice from PPs, I'm guessing. I'm also guessing other PPs are not foster parents. "Just tell her!" Is stupid advice for a foster kid. How much trauma has she been a victim of? That would help inform my answer/advice. [/quote]

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