Should We Be Telling Girls That Puberty Is So Hard?

Let’s help girls grow up with resilience.
Should We Be Telling Girls That Puberty Is So Hard?
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Pamela Garfield-Jaeger
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“Puberty is hard.” I hear that all the time from adults. The messaging is, “We get through it, but it’s hard.” That’s the overwhelming idea communicated from women to girls everywhere.

Pamela Garfield-Jaeger
Pamela Garfield-Jaeger
Author
Pamela Garfield-Jaeger is a licensed clinical social worker with a degree from New York University. She has been licensed in California since 2005 and has worked in a variety of settings, including community-based organizations, schools, residential programs, and medical facilities. She was forced to leave her job because of California’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. This emboldened her to speak out on the problems she observed in the mental health field. Her website is TheTruthfulTherapist.org
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