Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books The Period Book: A Girl's Guide to Growing Up

Gives a good idea to teens about changes during puberty and what to expect during menstruation

Must buy for all pre teenage and teenage gals

My daughter got her period at 10 I bought this book and read it first. I wanted to make sure I was giving her the right tools to Cope with the changes going on with her. I have read a lot of negative reviews from some silly women and ignorant parenting to be honest. This book lets your daughter know that she’s not alone in the thoughts of feeling too fat or too skinny or not pretty enough and it empowers them to love themselves just as they are. But I’ve read some reviews where they say it’s fat shaming and skinny shaming and eating disorders and all of these things that we ignorantly think that our daughters do not already know with the amount of access they have to the Internet already at their fingertips and it gives us the power back to say these things exist these things are real wild sad it is a part of our culture that we will never escape from as much as we try so let’s talk about it instead. It’s crazy for parents to not remember what it was like to be 910 1112 years old and think that we were innocent at that age while we were innocent we weren’t understanding of why does that boy look cute or why am I feeling things downstairs why is there tingling sensations going on and it’s very scientific fact that biologically our bodies are maturing faster than our brains. My daughter read this book at 10 years old my daughter values her virginity values herself values everything that is going on with her is not ashamed that she has a period because she knows it’s a biological thing that happens to women, she knows that her body from now on is going to fluctuate in weight because she has a female body that is maturing and the book describes how eating disorders can happen and while they’re not good these things happened to little girls because they don’t understand their bodies. I saw a woman share a picture of a little girl checking out her vagina with a mirror and that it encourages that, I don’t know what girl did not sit in front of a mirror at some point in her life and look at a mirror and say that’s what that looks like shamefully and there should be no shame in the fact that we should know what we look like all aspects of us. It talks about knowing you CAN have a baby now. This book covers so many different areas of puberty and what’s to come and it prepares girls and if you think that your daughter is too immature to handle this book then you are the problem, because keeping your daughter locked up in the dark and not having her understand that things are going to happen to her that she cannot control as far as her physical development goes. The book also talks about things that she can control being strong and who she is and knowing what a sexual predator is knowing what harassment is, knowing what sexual harassment is, knowing the difference between the eating disorders and how to avoid them and how to love yourself full heartedly and I think that people can pervert any text out there but if you look at the core of it and then really put yourself in that nine-year-old to 12-year-old shoes you will remember that at one point in your life you felt that way as well and had wish that somebody would have helped you out. And I’d also like to point out that masturbation is extremely normal and regardless if you wanna talk about it or not but you don’t have to, your daughter is going to venture off and explore herself but to taint that it makes it seem like it’s a shameful is ridiculous to me and we should break that cycle.

I’m always working hard to be transparent with my kids. However we all know how hard that can be when you didn’t receive the same education as a kid. This book was so informative and took the pressure off of my daughter and me. She asks me questions now and uses the book for reference. I would definitely recommend the book to other parents of young girls.

The book is very good & excellent for the parents of preteen/teens, as guidance. it peels of all aspects about pre-puberty, what to expect & what changes happen on their child’s body during preteen/teen etc. However, I found some contents (words/suggestion/images) are not suitable for pre-teen, and even still uncomfortable for teens. It definitely need parents to screen it first (thoroughly) before giving it to their child, especially for Asian people.

Daughter loves this book, and likes to show her friends. Good conversation starter