The Puberty Talk

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Hi all!

I'm a first year certified school nurse and I'll be giving the puberty talk today to the fifth grade girls (I have a male teacher that agreed to cover the boys).

I have a video that covers a majority of the discussion for me, but wanted to see if any of you had any words of advice? Are any of you in charge of the puberty talk? What kinds of questions were you asked that I should prepare myself for?

Thank you!

This. This is your legacy.

I really don't think it is.

I think the Work member vs. Recreational member is my legacy.

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I really don't think it is.

I think the Work member vs. Recreational member is my legacy.

Same idea.

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Same idea.

Hmmm...

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The poor school nurse that worked at my DD school giving the TALK! She showed a poorly done video, which my DD talked over with the correct information. The poor nurse was in tears laughing when she saw me that afternoon and stopped at my house. She lives up the street from me and now that I have to give the TALK, she checks in to see how it's going and hear the funny questions asked. (no names ever mentioned, just shared stories between school nurses)

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"Fallopian tube"

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"Fallopian tube"

fetus slide

See? I'm good at this.

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Landing strip

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Power drill.

Is this considered off topic?

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Is this considered off topic?

Nope, not at all.

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I just remembered what my daughter did after her 4th grade presentation (she's 7th grade now). She came home on the bus, I was still working, hubby was in the shower. She knocked on the bathroom door and said she HAD to come in. He told her to and she preceded to tell him about how they learned about their periods and that she had sample pads and tampons, and that she was going to put them away in her drawer that I had set aside for her already. He told me later that he was just standing in the shower, mortified, praying to God she didn't ask him any questions LOL. But lucky for him, she just left after informing him of all that!

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I just remembered what my daughter did after her 4th grade presentation (she's 7th grade now). She came home on the bus, I was still working, hubby was in the shower. She knocked on the bathroom door and said she HAD to come in. He told her to and she preceded to tell him about how they learned about their periods and that she had sample pads and tampons, and that she was going to put them away in her drawer that I had set aside for her already. He told me later that he was just standing in the shower, mortified, praying to God she didn't ask him any questions LOL. But lucky for him, she just left after informing him of all that!

Menstrual huts were also big amongst the Native American tribes. During the heaviest four days of their period, wives would leave their homes and go to this separate menstrual lodge to commune with other women. Since women tend to mense together, these lodges were often quite full and the women inside we encouraged to engage in some serious girl time” by discussing female issues and indulging in creative pursuits like storytelling and arts and crafts.

I didn't write it...just something to think about. *crawls under desk for protection from flying objects*

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Specializes in Home Health,Dialysis, MDS, School Nurse.

Hmm..4 days away from home, chatting with girlfriends, doing hobbies...where do I sign up????

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