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These confusions about adolescence are reflected in how we have collectively responded to puberty, which is, other than birth and death, perhaps the physically most obvious human transition. As a whole, Westernized societies don't seem to have a clue about how to prepare a young person for sexual flowering, social independence, authentic personal e
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stoned on puberty.
Chuck Palahniuk • Make Something Up

As we go through the tender time of puberty, society’s conditioning sends us very confusing and contradictory messages about how to handle our emotional and sexual nature.
Richard Rudd • The Gene Keys: Embracing Your Higher Purpose
How our inner child isn't just like... a very young one. It's also you as a pre-teen and teenager. Remember her??
Substack • Practicing a practice is a practice
Here are some of the signs that can help you determine your son is probably ready for an initial Talk. Some ef When signs will be obvious to you. Others you will need to ask about. In either case, discussing these changes can offer you a relatively easy conversation path that leads in a clear direction.
• Physical changes
• Underarm hair
• Facial hair
Stephen Zollos • Time for the Talk
Through psychospiritual adventure, the adolescent comes to know what she was born to do, what gift she possesses to bring to the world, what sacred quality lives in her heart, and how she might arrive at her own unique way of loving and belonging.