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so toni weschler has a book for teenagers called "cycle savvy." i ordered it for my 13-year-old sister and just got it in the mail. it has a ton of information and even shows how to chart, identify cm, etc. 

i had a book that dealt with "teen issues" but was mostly about sex and stds and what to do if your friend talks about suicide. i wish someone had given me a book like this because i most definitely wouldn't have asked my mom about cm. i didn't even tell her when i got my period, our housekeeper told her after she did my laundry... i was awkward.

did you have a book or other resource growing up to teach you about things like that or did someone talk to you about it?

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  • a.gravesa.graves member

    That is a really great idea! You are such a great older sister. My parents avoided talking about sex with me. I had one sex ed class that was just one day in middle school. I learned about sex as I went.

    When I got my first period my older sister got me some tampons and pads. My sister and I talked about sex, periods, and stuff like that. 

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  • MegsInWales49MegsInWales49

    My mom was always really open and honest with us, and I always felt comfortable coming to her with any questions .haha- I even remember asking her (when I was in 6th grade) if the pioneers had condoms...rather than shushing me and being scandalized, her reply was "well now, I'm not sure, they may have been able to fashion something out of animal skin, but I don't think most people did..." haha.  She made sure we knew about sex about how babies are actually made, etc. 

    I'm not sure about how I feel about charting for teenagers though.  I think it's great that they understand about CM and what it can mean, but IMO most teenagers aren't mature or disciplined enough to keep up with charting. 

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  • ilovetolaughilovetolaugh member
    I sent it to my 14 year old sister in law when she got her period for the first time. i wonder if she ever opened it...lol

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  • Mrs_CarrollMrs_Carroll
    When I was young I got the birds and the bees talk by a cartoonish book explaining sex? Pretty weird looking back! After that I just talked to my mom about whatever.
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  • seellsseells member
    My parents never talked to me about sex/our bodies and didn't get us any information. My mom said I could learn it from school. I do remember when I was 15 and DH and I started dating my dads girlfriend gave me a book about single teen moms.
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  • tct1219tct1219 member
    imageMegsInWales49:

    My mom was always really open and honest with us, and I always felt comfortable coming to her with any questions .haha- I even remember asking her (when I was in 6th grade) if the pioneers had condoms...rather than shushing me and being scandalized, her reply was "well now, I'm not sure, they may have been able to fashion something out of animal skin, but I don't think most people did..." haha.  She made sure we knew about sex about how babies are actually made, etc. 

    I'm not sure about how I feel about charting for teenagers though.  I think it's great that they understand about CM and what it can mean, but IMO most teenagers aren't mature or disciplined enough to keep up with charting. 

    LOL pioneers. my mom has always been really open about it, too, i think that's why i was always a little uncomfortable talking about it. and my little sister is just shy so i know she'd rather die than talk to anyone about that stuff.

    i don't really know the point of charting for teens except predicting af but i never had a problem not knowing when it was coming. i guess it's good for them to understand the concept.

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  • ccbananaccbanana member

    All I had was Judy Blume and Teen magazine.

     

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  • Kie310Kie310 member
    Me and my mom had a long talk about sex & AF. Though a book would have been a nice compliment to that!
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  • ktm1021ktm1021
    I grew up with my dad and two younger sisters.  Dad surely wasn't going to give me any sort of talk.  He rented us some cartoon movie and made us watch it.  All I remember is two cats unter sheets.  It was strange.  Then when I was 10 my aunt bought be a book called What's Happening to My Body.  It was terrible.  I felt dirty for even looking at it.
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  • Lexi0402Lexi0402 member
    I didn't have a book or anything like that. I pretty much relied on what my mom told me when I got my period, and things I read in Teen, YM and Seventeen magazines.
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