At what age should you talk to girls about menstruation? Maybe you could recommend some books? My da…

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At what age should you talk to girls about menstruation? Maybe you could recommend some books? My daughter is almost 8, she still seems so little, but I've heard stories about some girls starting at 8.
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Churkina (Belous) Diana
My older one is 11, and the younger one is 9.5.
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Irina
Started the conversation at 8 years old
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Olga
My daughter has known since she was about 6. She asked what pads were and what they're for. I didn't use any literature.
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Lenushka
Are you absolutely sure she doesn't know yet? Girls might have told her, or she might have seen pads at the store or somewhere else.
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Svetlana Kovshova
In 1st grade, we talked about everything, including periods and sex. I got a book called "A Guide to Growing Up."
First, we discussed it generally, flipped through the book, looked at the pictures, and talked about what could be read in it.
A year later, maybe we discussed it in more detail.
In 3rd grade, she started reading the book herself with interest.
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Svetlana Kovshova
Svetlana Kovshova I started it because a classmate was playing porn on his phone at school. In 1st grade 😄 I figured it was better me than him
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yankovskaya yuliya
Yes, it wasn't that long ago (10 years), I'm waiting for the phrase: "Mom, give me pads!")) We bought a book from the "Chevo's Encyclopedia" series half a year ago, we read parts of it together, and she read parts on her own. But there's a lot of strange stuff in it, of course, it's not a perfect book, but overall, at least it's something in an accessible language.
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Nadezhda
You can start now. Don't go into detail unless she asks why. Tell her gradually.

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Olya
I was talking to her at 9. But my child is still young. At 9, pimples started appearing and she started to smell like sweat... her period is due any day now. We had to discuss it.
But she's not faint of heart (we talk a lot about everything: human anatomy, bodily processes. She calmly watches movies with gore like Lord of the Rings). And we're not easily shocked either (we buried her grandmother when she was 5, we calmly go to the cemetery with her. So no tiptoeing around sensitive topics).
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Tanya
Already touched on this topic with my daughter. Just a little bit so far. I explained that adult women have bleeding every month, and that it's not scary. It's actually normal. Not sure if she'll remember it though 😁
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Tanya
Tanya My daughter is 6 years old.
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Olya
Lenushka Even if she knows some basic things, she needs to hear them from a trusted adult. That way, she won't come up with some wild, unbelievable ideas later.
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Tanya
Tanya And there's also the book 'Intimate Sex Education'. She sometimes flips through it and reads it.
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tanya
I knew about 'the event' from about age 3-4, but I wasn't interested in the details. As questions came up, I answered them according to her age. Around age 8, I got a book, but since she had no signs or interest, I didn't give it to her.
When her hair started growing and she developed body odor, we started discussing hygiene questions more in-depth. And that's when I gave her the book.
Her period started as the endocrinologist predicted, at 11.5 years old. She was generally prepared and wasn't scared.
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lena
recently told you briefly how it is and why.
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