Girls Elevated Event Aims to Equip Young Girls With Knowledge and Tools to Protect Themselves as They Navigate Through Adolescence - Houston Forward Times

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Girls Elevated Event Aims to Equip Young Girls With Knowledge and Tools to Protect Themselves as They Navigate Through Adolescence - Houston Forward Times

Adolescence can be a difficult phase for girls, especially when they begin to notice their bodies changing. Girls Elevated, a Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital event, will aim to give parents and young girls tips on how to effectively communicate and manage these changes to help make growing up a little easier. “The thought process in young girls and teens is very different than in adult women,” said Dr. Jennifer Dietrich,…