How should a Dad talk to his daughter about puberty?
In single households, where maybe there's not a mother figure, it's still important for dads to talk to their daughters about puberty, including menstruation and other female issues such as their breast development and wearing bras. If they don't know about this aspect of puberty, you can go to the store together, go into the aisle of female products and go through them and talk about them together. Or, you can have a family friend, or one of her girlfriend's mothers help out with these puberty issues. Be involved in their lives and talk about these issues - even if you don't know as much about these puberty issues, just get help where it's missing. But it's important to open the lines of communication as that does more than anything. Knowing that you're there for your child and for them to know that you're there to discuss these puberty issues, and that you're never going to be mad at them if they come to you and say, “Well, I tried alcohol” or “I tried drugs”. The fact that you're willing to discuss these puberty issues with them will hopefully curb that action later on and you'll get more success.
