{"id":86161,"date":"2017-04-07T23:11:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T04:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=86161"},"modified":"2017-04-07T23:11:16","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T04:11:16","slug":"program-teaches-girls-about-adolescence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/04\/07\/program-teaches-girls-about-adolescence\/","title":{"rendered":"Program teaches girls about adolescence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>More than 60 girls and their moms (or another trusted friend) gathered together on Thursday for an annual event called \u201cIt\u2019s a Girl Thing\u201d, which focuses on preparing girls ages 9-13 for the physical and mental changes that come with puberty.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Hohman, M.D., and Shane Gerber, CNP, were the main presenters and gave the girls information and tools they will need to navigate adolescence with confidence, strength, and kindness.\u00a0Girls in attendance were treated to pizza, snacks, and prizes.<\/p>\n<p>The event was planned by the staff from the Van Wert Medical Services OB\/GYN Clinic, with additional financial support from Van Wert County Hospital and the Lima Area Health Education Center.<\/p>\n<p>The Van Wert Medical Services OB\/GYN Clinic organizes the annual event each year, while the Van Wert County YWCA hosted this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_86162\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86162\" style=\"width: 545px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Its-a-Girl-Thing-event-4-2017.jpg\" alt=\"A number of area girls turned out for this year's &quot;It's a Girl Thing!&quot; event held at the Van Wert County YWCA. (photo submitted)\" width=\"545\" height=\"295\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86162\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Shown are some of the 60\u00a0area girls who turned out for this year&#8217;s &#8220;It&#8217;s a Girl Thing!&#8221; event held at the Van Wert County YWCA.<\/strong> <em>(photo submitted)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information More than 60 girls and their moms (or another trusted friend) gathered together on Thursday for an annual event called \u201cIt\u2019s a Girl Thing\u201d, which focuses on preparing girls ages 9-13 for the physical and mental changes that come with puberty. Jennifer Hohman, M.D., and Shane Gerber, CNP, were the main presenters and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 17:23:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}