About Us

Grown Up Girl is a company devoted to educating and encouraging young girls to prepare for puberty. The company's founder, Jean Moody, launched Grown Up Girl when her own daughter was on the brink of puberty and she realized very few resources are available to help parents and guardians guide their girls through this important transition to womanhood.

Grown Up Girl has developed the "Period Pak" which provides easy to understand information and name brand feminine products so girls will be ready when their periods arrive. The information booklet included is brightly illustrated with drawings of girls of varied ethnicities, and written for young girls with a positive outlook about what they are going through. The Period Pak also includes a discrete pouch for confidently carrying feminine products in purses and backpacks, as well as a comunication card included for the girl to give to her parent to let them know when she starts her period. Click here for more Period Pak information.

Our goal is to dispel girls' embarrassment and confusion about their periods and help them adjust to their changing bodies with grace and confidence.

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GrownUpGirl Helps Girls Grow Up
By Charles Roberts, Editor
Highland Community News

"GrownUpGirl is a company that's dedicated to educating primarily young girls about what changes their body's going through - their menstruation, physical changes, why this is happening and how to accept them gracefully," said Jean Moody, 39, explaining her Web site and "period pack" for girls just going into puberty. "It's a natural thing and it should not be anything they need to be ashamed of or embarrassed or frowned upon. It's a good thing that we have and because of this, life goes on."

The idea of developing the pack and the Web site was generated by two things: First, Moody's mother gave her a similar pack when she was 12, and she found it very helpful. "When I got that pack, it made me feel very special. And I thought, I can't wait. I had it all organized. I was ready. Bring it on!" Also, her daughter, Danielle, is 10 years old, so Moody knew the time for "the conversation" was coming soon. Unable to find a similar product, Moody decided to design one herself.

She spent a year researching information and writing a 20-page booklet that comes with every pack. She also had the information confirmed by a doctor and a school administrator to be sure it was age appropriate and factually correct. Inside the pack is the booklet, starter pads and other products the youngster can tryout. "Very limited information is given in schools, and you can opt out of it," Moody said. "So I thought, if you can put a positive spin on it, that would have so much more impact." She said a friend of hers in Highland got a pack for her daughter. "The daughter read the whole book that night," Moody said, "and she came down and said, "Mom, this is great. I feel so much better now." That makes me feel good that it impacts somebody like that and can make a difference, because it made a difference to me when I was that age."

GrownUpGirl has become a sideline business for Moody, who manages a laser eye center in Colton. Ironically, husband Ralph is assistant manager for the Optical Department, which fits patients with eyeglasses. "He sells glasses and l try to take them out of them," Moody smiled. In addition to daughter Danielle, the Moodys have a son, Michael, 12. Moody also has information for boys going into puberty. "I read the book first and I was a little nervous. I talked to my husband and he said, 'This is what it is. This is the truth.' He (Michael) read the book and he was more (comfortable) with it than I was."

More information on the products and books is available at grownupgirl.net.