What Season of Puberty is Your Daughter In?

How old is your daughter?

How would you describe your daughter’s breast development?

No breast development yet

Breast buds are just beginning to develop

Her breasts are continuing to grow and are becoming more rounded

Her breasts are more developed and the nipple/areola area is raised

Her breasts have reached a mature shape

How would you describe your daughter’s pubic hair development?

A small amount of fine or lightly colored hair has started to appear

The hair is becoming darker, coarser, or curlier and is spreading

The hair looks more like adult hair but hasn’t spread to the inner thighs

The hair has reached a mature pattern and extends toward the inner thighs

Has your daughter started her period yet?

Yes, within the last 6 months

Yes, within the last 6-12 months

Yes, within 1-2 years ago

Yes, more than 2 years ago

Have you noticed changes in your daughter’s body odor or hair/skin oiliness?

A little change, but it’s occasional

Yes, I’m noticing more body odor and/or oilier hair or skin

Yes, these changes are noticeable and she now needs more frequent bathing, shampooing, or deodorant

Yes, these changes have been well established for a while

How would you describe your daughter’s emotional world right now?

Her emotions seem pretty straightforward and much the same as they’ve always been.

She’s beginning to experience bigger or more frequent emotions than she used to.

Her emotions can be intense or change quickly, and she seems to be experiencing more of them at once.

Her emotions seem more layered or complex. She’s experiencing a wider range of emotions and feelings than she has previously.

She’s becoming more aware of emotional patterns, what matters deeply to her, and how her experiences connect to who she is.

How would you describe your daughter’s awareness of her body and appearance?

She doesn’t seem especially aware of how or if her body or appearance is changing.

She’s starting to notice changes in her body and appearance more.

She’s becoming more aware of how she looks compared with other girls.

She’s increasingly aware of how other people see her and is thinking more about how she looks or presents herself.

She has a strong sense of her own style and appearance and how they connect with her identity and the person she’s becoming.

How much are friends, media, and the world around your daughter beginning to influence her?

They don’t seem to have much influence on her yet. She’s mostly guided by what she enjoys and what happens within our family.

She’s becoming more aware of what her friends and the world around her like, do, and talk about.

Her friends, favorite shows, music, social media, or other outside influences are becoming more important to her and starting to shape some of her interests and opinions.

What her friends think and what she sees, hears, or notices in the world around her are becoming more connected to how she thinks about herself and what she wants to do.

She’s becoming more thoughtful about the influences around her. She notices what other people value and do, considers how those things fit with who she is, and may begin deciding what she wants to take on for herself and what she doesn’t.

Which of these describe your daughter?
Select all that apply.

She’s an only child.

She has younger sibling(s)

She has older brother(s)

She has older sister(s)