Parent's Guide to Puberty
Resources
By Bonnie Schiedel
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- What's Going on Down There? Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask by Karen Gravelle
- The Period Book: Everything You Don't Want to Ask (But Need to Know) by Karen Gravelle
- The "What's Happening to My Body?" series by Lynda Madaras, which includes a book for boys, one for girls and one on early-onset puberty for girls 8 to 11.
- The Birds, the Bees and Me videos. Produced by the National Training Organization for Child Care Providers, these two 15-minute videos, aimed at girls and boys aged 9 to 13, are narrated by a hip, accessible pediatrician.
- http://www.youngwomenshealth.org/ This is an information site for girls and young women aged 13 to 22, and their parents, by The Center for Young Women's Health at Children's Hospital Boston.
- www.aap.org/family/puberty.htm You'll find lots of information about puberty's physical and emotional changes, from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
- http://www.kidshealth.org/teen/sexual_health/ Aimed at teens of both sexes, this site candidly covers common and uncommon questions.
- http://www.youngandhealthy.ca/ This new site from the Canadian Association for Adolescent Medicine is aimed at teens and covers a variety of issues, from sex to hygiene to tattoos.
