When my daughter was 9, we read “The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls” (American Girl Library). We read it at night while she was cozy in her bed and the dim light made it less embarrassing for us. On several nights, that was the book she wanted to read TOGETHER, and I was stunned at the ease of our puberty talk.

My misstep is that I assumed this talk was a one-time deal. I brought the topic up again recently, but my daughter, now two years old, clearly did not want to go there again. In hindsight, I realize that The Talk should actually be a series of tender conversations that grow as your child grows.

Here are some helpful links to get you started and keep the conversations going:

Check out Amy Lang’s Birds + Bees + Kids: http://www.birdsandbeesandkids.com/

“The birds and the bees can be tough to talk about, but with a little information, skills, some careful thought and planning, it’s possible to have comfortable and effective sex talks with your kids that don’t make either of you nuts!”

Melissa Taylor, an educator and author of Imagination Soup, says, “Don’t forget that another part of a child’s puberty education is the mis-education at recess.”

http://imaginationsoup.net/2011/08/why-you-must-talk-about-puberty/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ImaginationSoup+%28Imagination+Soup%29