The Philadelphia Inquirer – Kimberly Garrison
A few weeks ago, an alarmed mom reached out to me with concerns about her 9-year-old daughter’s struggle with obesity and early puberty. Rightly so, this mom was desperate for solutions on how to tackle these challenges with sensitivity, consistency, intensity, and love. I could certainly empathize with this mom, because 46 years ago, I was that little 9-year-old confronted with early puberty. I can even still see the terrified look and tears in my mother’s eyes when my menses arrived way ahead of schedule, even before my 10th birthday. Being only 9, we hadn’t yet had the “talk” and I didn’t even know what it was. (more)