Hello friends, how are you all doing today? Hope definitely all feel well... This my first time of writing on this gender related topic and probably in the community. I do hope we will also learn from my post after reading.
Introduction
The girl child has been a priceless asset in our community and the more we continue to protect, emphasize and do things that are geared towards its prosperity and well being, the stigmatization and vulnerability seen around her would me ameliorated to its lowest form.
I would want to tell us about the girl child, a critical changing stage in her life where she is seen to mutate from the girl-child to a full woman and lady of adoration. At this stage, this is a very sensitive position that needed to be crossed by her and secured also to advert any form of inevitability.
The girl child is seen to experience changes in her body which sees her transformation from one stage to the other. This stage happens within the ages of 9-16 years and sometimes earlier or later. At this stage, the Estrogen hormones are seen to be at its peak with changes seen in the area of breast growth, body structure/curves, and height. This presence of the estrogen hormones comes with some various signs and changes as seen in;
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Occurrence of Menstrual cycle:
There are chances within this stage where there are estrogen rush that the little girl would see a blood like flow within the ages of 9-16. For some there may little delay or even might happen earlier depending on body types. For those with delayed flow, there may be need to have a pad on standby and probably a spare cloth should in-case of stains.
Issue of Mild Odour:
Due to the extra hormones or what we see as hormonal rush in puberty, there are tendencies of having bad breathe seen from swollen gum and its tenderness which may result to gum related diseases. A dentist is advised to be seen as this point. The little lady may also be seen to have body odour, hence there are needs to increase her personal hygiene.
There are other anxious feeling the girl-child may have as a result of puberty. This exciting feelings are normal at this point but the little lady needed to be talked to by the mom or aged sisters just to get reassurance that all is well. Other questions she may find asking maybe issues bothering on her looks, how skinny or lanky she looks, how big or too flat the tunny is etc. At this point she compares herself with some models seen in beauty magazines and stylists in photo-shopped fliers. The best for the little lady here is to stay and maintain a healthy living by exercising and dieting.
Moreso, a more sensitive issue like having to date would also come up. Though there are no right date for this at this point, it should be handled carefully with the help of the parents. For most parents, they feel making her concentrate on her grades and studies should be paramount than issues of dating for her. Preoccupying her mind with positivities should be done to get her busy and help lessen those idle thoughts of dating.
Thank you everyone for reading through this episode of mine.