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Teaching our Daughters to be Down There Aware
In this week's episode, Mary and Alex discuss ways that parents could teach their children, even from a young age, to be aware of their bodies and to advocate for their personal health and well-being.
Episode Highlights
· Giving them the basics [0:58]
· Starting early [2:00]
· Narrating through child development [2:59]
· Even with our pets! [3:38]
· Normalizing the conversation [4:40]
· Enlisting our doctors as allies [6:51]
· Understanding the opposite sex [7:43]
· Why is being down there aware important? [9:46]
· Research supports being aware of your body [11:33]
· Bleeding isn't unusual for premenopausal women [13:23]
· Cancer was never on our radar [14:38]
· Convenience vs. necessity [15:07]
· Bringing up our children to be down there aware [17:53]
When in doubt someone has written about it [18:35]
Links discussed in the episode
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Summary Keywords
gynecologic cancers, diagnosis, women, gynecology, health, womb stories, endometrial cancer, children, education, parenting, ovarian cancer
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