What types of physical changes should boys and girls be prepared for during puberty?
Girls will start their monthly menstrual cycle. Boys may experience nocturnal emissions (when boys have erotic dreams and discharge semen while they sleep). This is all perfectly normal but letting young people know of these changes before they occur is very helpful. Boy’s voices will lower, they will start growing hair on their face, under their arms, pubic area, and other parts of the body. Both boys and girls may experience acne. Puberty means that a person is able to reproduce and that sex between a young man and woman can lead to pregancy. These topics raise numerous questions that young people have and should discuss with their parents. Parents and their children can look for medically accurate information together at a library or bookstore. What is an effective way to explain to young people how pregnancy is prevented? Many parents sit down with their young children, in late elementary school, and have a talk about pregnancy. The “where do babies come from” talk is part of famil
