Puberty Conclusion
We have reviewed ways caregivers can help their children cope with puberty-related change, including suggestions for helping girls cope with menstruation and boys with nocturnal ejaculations or “wet dreams”. As well, we have provided suggestions for how parents and caregivers may develop and maintain open and effective communication with their children, and how to support youths’ emerging individuality and need for independence. We have emphasized the importance of parents’ efforts to provide children with supervision and when necessary, corrective discipline throughout this transformative period.
In the final sections of this document, we have described signs and symptoms which may help parents recognize when children are in trouble and require parental or professional assistance even if they do not ask for it. Topic areas covered include mental illness, drug and alcohol use, and sexual abuse/assault.
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