In the end, the greatest lie of the old puberty talk is that growing up is primarily a biological problem to be managed. In truth, growing up is a narrative art. Young people are the authors of their own romantic stories, but they are writing without a template. It is our responsibility as educators and mentors to ensure they have more than a dictionary of body parts. We must give them a grammar of the heart—the tools to write storylines defined not by anxiety and imitation, but by respect, clarity, and genuine care. Only then can we claim to have truly educated them for the world they are about to enter.
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