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The vignette reading discussed this week brings so many memories-backs from my childhood. I remember how hard it was for two of my childhood friends and when they heard that i had reached my puberty and at time I was 9 myself and my other two friend thought that they were going to be puberty too unfortunately all two of them has to wait for whole year nothing changed. (Q 1) My puberty experience started at age 10 so that mean why two friends are expected to be experience the puberty to meanwhile Helene was my best friend she was 11 1/2 still waiting and I remember that she anxiety asking me what kind of signs would she gets or feel, my other friend Lyse, she didn't really care i guess but, Helene was not having it finally she had and I was the person that she called then after she told her mother about it. (Q2) I not sure if my mom had the same experience as myself apparently she never discus that with me but, she did shared with us that when first got her period it was at school, after using the bathroom and she saw something from that sign she already know because her grandmother had discussed with her that's all she us. In what way it was different than mine? At least her grandmother discussed that with her and I no one did because I kind of grew up with my brothers so they didn't really talk to me about being transition to a teenage. During my reading this week I actually learned a lot about how teenagers felt when they are going to reach the puberty stage where many of them could be worry of being fat and obsessively worrying how the bodies are going to change. (Pg.: 237 Belsky) discuss how do children feel during puberty, the name for all of the internal and external changes related to physically becoming adult? However ...

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...ure that I discussion everything detail and all necessary information with mu children on the other hand I will figure a nice way to start a conversation with my daughter in order to approach her because girls are funny specially when try to talk about sex with them my niece always act funny whenever I asked if she has a boyfriend and if you do make sure you have condom somehow you are not going to have kids at age 18 year, maybe after you graduate from College she be like auntie stop ”’Lol! (pg.: 255) Author discussed that perhaps the first place to begin to intervene with young people prone to eating disorder is to examine how teens that accept and embrace their bodies reason and think. As one interview study suggested, these young people do to not deny their imperfections”, but they discount negative comments and focus on their physical pluses. ( Belsky,2013)

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