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How grandparents navigate grandchildren's adolescent development

My granddaughter is eleven and starting puberty and I do not know how to talk to her about periods and boys and I wish her mother was here for this.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Gender-specific developmental guidance highlights the gaps left by absent parents and challenges traditional grandparent-grandchild boundaries.

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“Where Are You with Grandparents raising grandchildren?”

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