Many of you who have adolescents
probably attended a puberty talk,
sponsored by their school, for 5th graders.
I'm always thrilled when kids are being given
an opportunity
to learn something about their body,
and, you know, for many years
the schools have provided very useful information
for our kids.
But the question that I have for you is how can you
take the information that they've learned,
and even put the
bar higher for what you want them to know,
and be able to answer their questions.
You know, it's funny.
It seems like for many parents
once that puberty talk is done,
there's almost a sense of relief.
"Okay, they've learned it. We're done, let's just move on."
But actually, that puberty talk
is just the beginning
of numerous great conversations
for you to have with your adolescent.
Because now, they're moving on into sixth grade
and they're really going to start showing
a lot of the signs of puberty,
and they're going to
want you there to walk with them
through this important transition.
If you have a son,
who participated in the fifth grade talk,
that may have been about a year too early for him.
His signs of puberty aren't going to start showing up
until sixth grade and beyond.
And so he's going to need a refresher
when he gets a year older
to help him understand the changes
that are coming his way.
You know, as these kids are in elementary school,
they are still willing to have these great
conversations with you.
And you can keep that dialogue going,
all the way through,
until they reach middle school.
Once they're in middle school they just push back.
They are not nearly as enthusiastic
about talking to you about the changes
going on their body or anything related to puberty.
So I want to encourage you to
look at the school
puberty talk as a beginning point and not an end point,
and start developing a plan
for how to keep this dialogue going
into their middle school years,
This is Dr. Metten with Anatomy For Kids
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