Where can I learn about supporting my 11 year old through puberty?

[Snufflebabe05]

Feels like a very silly question to ask. However, my 11 year old daughter has started to talk about periods (she hasn’t started yet), and said yest she has hairs under her arms etc. I want to make sure I give her good advice and support - mooncups, period pants didn’t exist until recently, do young girls still use razors, when to talk about eyebrow waxing etc. Is there somewhere online that makes sure I can get equipped to support and guide her? Is there a great website you can recommend?

I should add - this isn’t about enforcing anything on her in terms of image. I just want to ensure that I have the knowledge to support her as she starts to explore what’s possible.

You're a bit late at 11...I've just bought my nine year old dts Dr Emily's growing up for Girls which is pitched at the right level. We also has the Usborne books but they're below an 11 year old

I don’t have a girl I have a boy. But I bought him a couple of age appropriate books from Amazon and essentially told him any questions please come to me and ask. (Which he does!).

I think if I was you I’d look for books but also say what you said above, be honest, say “we never had period pants let’s look into them together to work out if you might like them”. I don’t think you need to learn specifics necessarily more be open to having conversations about these things. Or in regards to shaving- what do her friends do, what do you do? Just keep the lines of conversation open. Don’t pretend you know everything you could possibly know, learn together and get used to chatting about everything openly. If you are wanting to research before hand I guess literally just typing in girls and puberty into Google will give you a myriad of results and YouTube vids.

I don’t think it is late, @itwasntaparty. But thanks for the unhelpful attitude.

I’ve actually got the book you refer to, and it doesn’t quite hit the mark for me in terms of the practical stuff. We talk openly about everything and I just want to make sure I’m giving her as many options as I can, and that I’m not stuck in the ‘that’s what I did’ type of parenting.

Milli Hill's book My period

Came here to recommend Milli Hill too.

There are loads of good books on this subject.
Go to a bookshop (not Amazon) and have a flick through some of them to find one you like.

And 11 is late.

Late for what? We’ve talked about this stuff on and off for years. She’s got a kit bag of towels in her school bag incase she suddenly starts her period. She knows that I shave my legs and armpits, and, like her period, I’ve never shyed away from sharing how I manage these things. However, her body is now developing rapidly and I’d like to make sure I’m up to date on what’s available and what her other options might be.

She has what she needs - equipment wise and support wise - already. I, as a parent, was seeking out whether I could be doing anything different to ensure I don’t just offer up solutions about what works for me.

It’s never too late to look at alternatives, and I’m disappointed at the shoot-down attitude of some of the posters.