—What does your son know about wet dreams? —Is he prepared if one happens? —How to keep the conversation from being awkward. Can you imagine the surprise when your son wakes up one morning to find his sheets are wet? He immediately thinks he might…
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what happens during puberty
What Just Happened?
October 24, 2022
Written by: Dr. Shelley Metten
Category:
11+ Year Old Boys
Boys
Your First Period Is The Beginning. Then What?
October 13, 2022
Written by: Dr. Shelley Metten
*Puberty includes learning the menstrual cycle *Puberty app for planning The fifth grade puberty school workshop is coming up. The school will explain to you what they will be teaching, and you are grateful that you don’t need to do the teaching. I completely understand…
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Category:
10+ Year Old Girls
Does This Angry Bird Look Like Your Son?
October 1, 2022
Written by: Dr. Shelley Metten
Is your teenage son quick to be angry? Are you also quick to respond back? There is a way to turn down the heat. Your 13-year-old son’s room looks destroyed. You stop him in the kitchen and tell him he cannot go to the skateboard…
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Category:
13+ Year Old Boys
Boys
Slowly Walk Through Puberty
September 8, 2022
Written by: Dr. Shelley Metten
*Talk about puberty along the way *Let your child discover puberty small steps at a time When I started thinking about how to teach topics like puberty to young kids, I was convinced the best way was to teach the parents and then they could…
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Parenting an Adolescent: You Are Making A Significant Impact
December 18, 2018
Written by: Dr. Shelley Metten
When it comes to knowing what your adolescent understands about puberty, it is never too late to teach them. It becomes a little more difficult to get their attention after about 11 years old, but there are still important points for them to understand. Some…
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