Girls reach puberty younger than used to be the average. Some show early signs of heading towards puberty at 9 years of age, so there will be talk amongst the girls at school. I noticed it with a 9 year old relative but didn’t comment until she said something to me.

We’ve been addressing it as things come up ( like me being pregnant), so my kids are pretty well informed, but it hasn’t been a big lump of information for them to absorb.

Good on you for being open. That’s what I plan to do too

Unfortunately kids talk a lot at school about things we don’t think they’re ready for. Children who have older siblings tend to have that little more knowledge and can’t wait to tell their friends. The only solution is to inform your children in a way that they understand and doesn’t scare them. They need to know they can come to you with questions.

Parents need to be open and encourage communication and conversation about this topic. Books are a great source of information and age appropriate books are available in schools, libraries and bookshops.

Very good on you. Let’s talk openly about these things. It’s the best strategy!

I agree it is very important for a child to be given correct infomation on the changes that happen. Some girls go through the change while still at primary school… The wrong info could scare a child..

I agree with you 100%. We need to teach our children these things before they hear the rude and crude and quite often wrong things from the other kids.

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  • • mom93821 replied
    • 19 May 2016 , 7:36 am

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  Yep! They need to hear the correct terminology and not crude terminology.