My DD is just 10, and whilst I've talked to her about puberty, I would also like to find a book she can read herself. I've looked at various books and usually think, yes, this is ok, then suddenly come across a sentence such as 'You'll become a babe with a fantastic figure' (Little Book of Growing up), which I find utterly inappropriate and counter to everything I'm trying to teach her about how wrong it is that society judges girls and women by their appearance. All the books I've found also go into detail about how to shave, without even acknowledging that YOU DON'T HAVE TO! Has anyone found a good book which looks at puberty from an empowering, rather than reductionist and sexist, point of view?
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