Eric and Ruthie in “Changes”

Eric

What's new?

Ruthie

Nothing really. I'm just a couple of years away from puberty. I'm pre-puberty, prepubescent, they call it. So, I'm going to be going through some changes.

Eric

Yes you are. And I hope you know that whatever changes you're experiencing, that you can talk to me about them. Changes can be very exciting. Changes can be scary. And sometimes we have very little control over the changes we experience. None, really. Except the way we react to those changes and controlling our reactions require a lot of conscious effort. So, we don't want to get too stressed out. We just have to stand back, observe what's going on, go with the flow, live life from moment to moment, doing the best we can do for who we are.

Ruthie

That's deep. Are we talking about you or me?

Eric

Everything pretty much. Do you have any questions?

Ruthie

Maybe later.