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For Black girls, puberty is more than physical—it transforms conversations about identity

Some of the most meaningful changes during puberty may not happen in the body alone. They may also happen in conversation. A new University of Michigan study suggests that as Black girls move through puberty, conversations with their mothers become an important space for making sense of changing bod...

For Black girls, puberty is more than physical—it transforms conversations about identity
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Some of the most meaningful changes during puberty may not happen in the body alone. They may also happen in conversation. A new University of Michigan study suggests that as Black girls move through puberty, conversations with their mothers become an important space for making sense of changing bodies, race, gender, ethnicity and identity.

Originally published at Phys.org

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