The Birds and the Bees Talk: How, When, Where, and Why
Show Notes: Girls need information about puberty, and sexuality, but most of sex ed should be relationship education that starts in early childhood. When: girls are starting puberty earlier and earlier, with the mean age of beginning breast bud development being around 10 in Caucasian girls and 9 in African American girls. So, education about the changes coming to their bodies and why should begin around 5th grade before the changes begin. Where: Sex ed ideally should be a parent-school partnership. Aaron Carroll, a professor of pediatrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine, wrote…
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