I have heard of Jr. high giving out a pad and the travel size deodorant.

I never got as goodie bag back then either! So I have no idea what to suggest… Good luck though

Does the place the pamphlet came from have any charts? Maybe email or call them and ask.

It’s been so long since I’ve been in junior high and had this lecture (which is probably obsolete by now) that I would have no idea what to give.

Yeah pads may be good to put in the goody bag, and a chart/calendar for them to mark “X”s on days of the period. (Stress keeping track will help you predict when the next one will be so you can be prepared -no accidents).

If you have a good budget can you get travel/purse sized stuff? How about face wipes to preventing acne? That sorta thing starts to happen then too. Maybe something fun too, like bracelets, lip gloss, or a travel mirror? You don’t want to be all serious.

Make sure to mention, you can still go swimming!! I remember I wasn’t sure about that (as well as any other sport and that tampons might be better for athletic activities).

I got a goody bag back in the 5th grade
Travel sized stuff is a great idea. I would recommend possibly face moisturizer, lotion? I think having a nice soft face is great

For the goodie bags, I would recommend travel sized items and then a little something that is fun. I think the women’s health center at my school was giving away goodie bags that had a bottle of bubbles in it. And this was for college girls! LOL!

Will you be talking about breast development too? If you do, definitely let them know not to be scared by it when it starts happening. Sometimes the tissue starts out really dense and feels like a hard lump and it can be painful. It can be quite tramatizing for some girls and it helps letting them know that it is completely normal! Sorry… I wasn’t trying to be too graphic there!

LBJ10, that sounds good. Mentioning or having an information pamphlet on yearly gyno exams would be okay?

i’m sorry but i have nothing to contribute here…

OOh! I got a goodie bag. We got a single pad and a travel size Secret Deodorant, a pamphlet on birth control, a condom and a sample pack of Herbal Essence shampoo.
Now, what I wish they would have given us instead were a small pack of pads or those tiny teen tampons, some panty liners, deodorant, face wash and moisturizer (express how important lotion is, that it helps keep acne under control and prevent wrinkles which WILL happen one day) and maybe a couple of tips on how to cope with the stuff that teens struggle with, emotionally or socially.
Gyno exams! Good one ChaCha! Tell them about the ice cold duck bill, the weird jelly, the uncomfortableness of the whole event and then tell them that they can avoid this for a few more years if they dont have sex!!! Do you have a video of this procedure? It would have scared me for another year lol. But to be serious, yeah, you really should tell them about that and that they need to have these done every year. Im sure the pamphlet tells you to tell them all of this, pap smears, breast exams, yeast infections and what to do about them.
Good luck with them!

Oh, one more thing. When I was battling acne, I tried a ton of products. You know what finally worked? Taking a vitamin! Just a simple prenatal vitamin everyday! They are about $5 a bottle (in OK) and now I just wash my face with normal bar soap and toss on a little moisturizer and bam! No more red itchy dry areas, no breakouts, no giant pimples. It’s been the best discovery I have ever made! Maybe you could mention that to them as well! Better nutrients=better skin, not expensive harsh chemicals, they just burn your skin and make you cry!!!

I definitely recommend using the U by Kotex brand of pads/tampons in the goody bags. It marketed towards teens and young adults and all of the products come in bright, fun colors. And everything is fairly small and easy to conceal in a purse. The whole ad campaign is really funny too. I’m 20 and I actually got excited to go out and buy some, lol, but I’m a dork. The bubbles are a great idea too! I wish I had gotten a goody bag when I had that lecture. Good luck teaching the girls!

Everex, me too, LOL. I like the U : )

I was a wee bit surprised to come upon this post, but you girls are handling it tastefully and it’s a good cause. (Longhairmike, I hear you.)

I just want to add that a calendar is a really good idea, and I have seen small ones in the pet stores and the bookstores with bunnies on them. So a cute calendar would be pretty but useful. OR, you could order bunny calendars from a rescue shelter, using it as a segway to teach about birth control while supporting a rescue that handles bunnies that are the result of not using precautions for pets.

Pix of bunnies and litters can illustrate the result of not taking precautions once you “become a woman” which is the bottom line when puberty kicks in. No matter how young, nature has declared you eligible to be a mother. (Not too cute or girls will want to have litters!)

In our “girls-only” puberty health class, we were given small slips of paper PRIOR to the presentation and encouraged to ***anonymously*** write down any questions we had. After, everyone folded up their papers and handed them in (even if blank!) The presenter, I believe an RN, read the questions (she did not show the papers and she had no way to identify our writing or anything) and she addressed our questions the best she could. I can guarantee that if she had simply said “ANY QUESTIONS?!” after the presentation, NOT ONE HAND would have gone up. By doing this anonymously, she was able to give us feedback without causing embarrassment on an already embarrassing subject.

Good idea Beka

Yeah, don’t forget about the other hygiene stuff, like deodorant and what not. And maybe some of those plastic razors. Shaving comes along with all this too.

Oh yes! I remember how giddy we all were when my friends and I decided it was time to shave our legs for the first time. It doesn’t really have anything to do with hygiene, it’s just something you do.