Melissa is an amazing facilitator! The 2 hours went by so fast, it was the perfect amount of time for my tweens. As an adult, I feel like I yearned for more time since this is a conversation that was not provided to me when I was younger. Thank you for using inclusive and gender neutral language. I highly recommend this SPF workshop to others and I’m very interested in attending other workshops. Thank you for doing this work!
Parent
Growing Into You! Attendee
So thankful for you and your resources! I thought I was only ready to talk puberty, not sex, but you made it so much easier with: consent, safety, trust, & respect. Thank you also for discussing masturbation. I’m glad these words are all out in the open now!
Parent
Growing Into You! Attendee
It was so amazing!!! BRAVA to you! Your presentation style, frankness, honesty, humor and relatability is amazing!
Sarah B.
Growing Into You! Attendee
Every aspect of the workshop was helpful and the models of the penis and vulva and the images that showed variation were amazing. Thanks for showing real images of what a bloody pad and tampon look like. Thank you for bringing the “realness” we need when it comes to conversations about our bodies.
Parent
Growing Into You! Attendee
We participated in your workshop earlier this month and my daughter still talks about how much she learned. Even better, she feels normal now after learning more about puberty and when people go through it. Thank you for the amazing work you are doing!
Parent
Growing Into You! Attendee
Thank you for facilitating this. It helped both me and my husband to normalize conversations that we may have avoided or delayed. I could talk to my daughter about periods but I would not have talked about wet dreams to my son. I also appreciate the emphasis on consent and my choice. You are one of my COVID blessings. I would not have found you or acted on this without the time and space this crisis created in my life. Not enough thank yous to convey my gratitude.
Parent
Growing Into You! Attendee
I just got done with the Growing Into You puberty workshop and I HIGHLY recommend it to any of you with a tween! It was super informative and interesting without being embarrassing and all the relevant topics. I especially liked how everybody learns about every type of body. It’s important to me that [my child] knows about menstruation and vulvar anatomy even though he’s not a menstruator. It gave us a great foundation to build on for future talks. Thank you so much!
Parent
Growing Into You! Attendee
I took this class with my daughter this morning, what a tremendous resource for parents. Well put together, concise, age appropriate information! My husband is going to take it with our other daughter in a few weeks. Thank you Melissa for providing this safe space for caregivers and children to meet and learn such important things about our bodies and growing up!
