Natural Womanhood’s Mothers of (Pre)Teens program is intended primarily for mothers of preteen or
young teen girls who would like to inform their daughters about puberty, their menstrual cycles, and
fertility. Our program is for moms who want to empower their daughters with this knowledge in an age-
appropriate manner, and respect their innocence concerning sexuality.

It really depends on you and your daughter; there is not one specific age recommended for using our
program. However, we encourage you to do it sooner, rather than later! It is better to have these
conversations before your daughter’s first period. However, it’s not too late to start the program if she
has already begun cycling, as our program will help her to understand what’s going on within her body
and mind each month.
But just how early should you start? Paying attention to your daughter, her peers, and their
development will help you know. For example, do you see budding signs of puberty in her or her peers?
Is her school starting to present information about it? All these are reasons for you to take the drivers’
seat and assert your role as her mom.

The goals of the Mothers of (Pre)Teens program are to help girls understand their cycle and gain
confidence in who they are as women, and to help moms build an open and trusting relationship with
their daughters in the area of cycle health and fertility. Ultimately, we want to empower moms to
provide their daughters with a positive and informed view of their reproductive health. The program
includes a clear and engaging presentation of the science of the female body, such as hormone changes,
anatomy, and ovulation, without being overwhelming. There is no reference to intercourse, or for that
matter, contraception or natural family planning.
We believe parents are the primary educators of their children, and so this program strives to facilitate
trusting communication between moms and daughters.

The Mothers of (Pre)Teens program doesn’t teach about sexuality and intercourse. It focuses on helping
a girl understand the changes in her body during and following puberty, the meaning and purpose of
these changes, and ways to manage these changes to remain healthy. It also includes something that
sex-ed almost never does: an in-depth knowledge of the cycle and its purpose, and an introduction to
the concept of charting the cycle to better understand it. The underlying message of this program is that
a woman’s fertility is a gift, and that it should be kept healthy both because it impacts one’s overall
health, and because it serves the purpose of having children when one gets married.

We’ll be honest: you are the best person to teach your daughter the way you know she needs to be
taught–not us, nor anyone else! However, we can promise you that our course is based on the most
sound and up-to-date science on fertility. The course’s content has been reviewed by Natural

Womanhood’s Scientific Advisory Board, which includes physicians trained in the modern science of
fertility awareness. We can also promise that this is NOT a sex-ed course. It focuses on the design and
purpose of the woman’s body, as well as ways to keep it healthy.
If you are familiar with the work of Natural Womanhood, you will find this program is very similar in
approach to the rest of our organization’s original content, but age-appropriate for a young girl. We also
encourage you to preview the short mother/daughter videos before sharing them with your daughter,
so that you are comfortable with the content presented within them. Again, our goal with this program
is to put you in the driver’s seat.

The Mothers of (Pre)Teens program includes a Step-by-Step guide which will help you prepare, plan, and
deploy the course over about 10 weeks, one week for each video you watch together. You can take it
slower or faster as you see fit. In the preparation phase, you will find ways to start opening a dialog with
your daughter. Then, the Step-by-Step guide proposes ways to make the video viewing interactive by
suggesting discussion points with your daughter for each video you watch together. You can also access
a Curriculum overview in this page. 

The core content of the Mothers of (Pre)Teens program includes the changes to expect with puberty,
the design of the woman’s body and the way cycles work, and the purpose of the cycle and fertility. We
also cover the practical ways to deal with periods and various options for hygiene products, focusing on
the most common ones for this age and some of the reasons a girl might choose one versus the other.
We also speak about good nutrition, sleep, and exercise as a way to promote healthy and painless
cycles, but we don’t provide in-depth nutrition information. We also have a guide to help moms and
their daughters know when to see a doctor, and most importantly, how to choose one who has a whole-
person approach, versus a doctor who will simply prescribe birth control pills. We do not offer any
medical advice for approaching specific cycle issues (such endometriosis, PCOS, PMDD, etc.), but our
guide on when to see a doctor can help you discern the best course of action for getting the right help
for your daughter should she need it.

We sincerely hope that you enjoy the Mothers of (Pre)Teens program, and that you're excited to tell
other moms about it. If you appreciate our program and the rest of our efforts at Natural Womanhood,
and would like to see us continue to create innovative new ways of informing and empowering girls,
women, and couples, we ask that you please refrain from sharing your password and encourage others
to support the work of Natural Womanhood by registering for their own Mothers of (Pre)Teens account.
Gathering moms at your home to view the program is OK within certain limits. For example, if you’re a
professional, or are providing this course to others in the context of a class or small group, we will ask
you to register for the group teaching annual license (COMING SOON).

We set time limits for access to the Mothers of (Pre)Teens program content that should give you ample
time to download and review the materials with your daughter. However, if you need more time

because you have another child to train (for example), you will have an option to extend your
subscription at the end of the year.

Yes and no. No, because all the educational content you need, including all of the webinars, video
recordings, and pdfs for which you subscribed, will be available on the Mothers of (Pre)Teens platform.
We will also send regular important reminders by email. However, without access to the Facebook
group, you would miss out on the community aspect, including hearing from other moms, and sharing
their experiences.

Everything we produce at Natural Womanhood is rooted in the belief that a young woman’s cycles and fertility are natural gifts designed for a good purpose: gifts that one day may be used to foster loving relationships and fulfill a woman's potential for (biological) motherhood. A solid understanding of this purpose is critical to shaping a young woman’s identity, especially in a culture that tends to objectify her body and devaluate her fertility. This understanding is what the Mothers of (Pre)Teens course seeks to impart upon mothers and daughters alike.  

We believe that cycle and period difficulties are not a sign that something is wrong with the design of a woman's body, but problems pointing to a need for greater attention and care. We also believe that the science of her fertility is only one aspect of the bigger picture of who a woman is, but a critical foundation on which a greater understanding of womanhood can be anchored. This understanding can help shape other values, such as the value of life, the meaning of marriage, and the existence of God and our relationship with Him, which we believe are best taught to children by their parents, through their words and their actions.