Tween girls send me email every day. They are sparkly straight shooters that know what they want to know. Sometimes, their questions, asked in innocence, are very funny.
Why do girls have periods and boys don't?
Is sex fun or boring?
How do tampons work - do you swallow them?
It's OK if I chuckle when they land in my inbox. But if you're a mom and your daughter has worked up the courage to ask you something face-to-face: DO NOT LAUGH. (That's daughter-mother Tip#5.)
That's also the message sent loud and clear by the 11,000 girls who took our recent KidsHealth.org survey about puberty. Girls said knowing their moms would not laugh was a key reason they felt at ease with them.
If you’re a bit nervous, you might laugh without meaning anything by it. But better to flood your head with sobering thoughts than to make your daughter feel foolish. Try to sweep aside the humorous aspect and fish for the question under there. Do your best to answer it: "No dear, we don't swallow tampons. Here's how they work..."
And if your daughter asks you if sex is fun or boring, I wish you the very best of luck.
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