Puberty & Confidence Tools For Parents With Teens
Puberty can be a confusing and emotional time, not just for young people but for parents too. As your child grows and changes, you may notice them worrying more about their appearance, comparing themselves to friends, or becoming self-conscious about things like height, voice changes, body shape, or private matters such as penis size. These worries are very common, and many boys (and girls) experience them in some form. However, as a parent, you might not always feel sure how to help, especially if you haven’t had these kinds of conversations before.
This page has been carefully created to give you practical and gentle tools for supporting your child through these changes. You’ll find printable activities, confidence-building tasks, Q&A sheets, and helpful parent tips designed especially for Elective Home Education families. Everything is written in plain English and avoids confusing medical jargon, so you don’t need to be an expert to guide your child through this important stage of growing up.
The focus here is on helping young people to accept and understand their bodies, build confidence, and feel safe talking to trusted adults. These tools will help you start important conversations in a calm and open way, without embarrassment. You will also find tips on dealing with common worries about body size, media influence, and peer pressure, as well as gentle ways to encourage your child to think about what truly matters — kindness, confidence, and self-respect.
These resources are designed to be flexible so you can use them at your own pace, either as one-off lessons or as part of a wider project on health and wellbeing. Whether your child is open about their feelings or finds these topics hard to talk about, you’ll find plenty of ways to support them, build trust, and encourage healthy self-esteem throughout the ups and downs of puberty.