Few topics provoke as much concern as the perception that puberty is beginning earlier than ever. While synthetic ...

Puberty is a wonderful, fun, uncomplicated, & totally non-awkward time (said no one ever). Puberty is a wonderful, fun, uncomplicated, and totally non-awkward time for those going through it (said no ...

Puberty is an expected part of development that causes many changes in the body. During this time, children mature and develop into adults. It’s common to experience a few bumps in the road during ...

Acne, awkwardness, body odor—puberty can be a tough time. But things get even more complicated when puberty starts at an exceptionally young age, and today many girls are beginning the process younger ...

Adolescence and puberty are not the same. Adolescence is that ten to twelve year period of social and psychological growth that transforms the dependent child (beginning in late elementary or early ...

Puberty is much more than just a time of biological overdrive, propelled by sexual maturation. Progress in developmental science has greatly broadened the perspective of this critical maturational ...

At age 6, Rebecca's body began to develop in ways that seemed unusual. Her mother, Ellen, had noticed a change in Rebecca's breast area, but some of the other little girls, the chubbier ones at least, ...

Should a mother be alarmed if her daughter begins to sprout breast buds and pubic hair at 7 or 8? At the annual conference of the American Academy of Pediatrics this week in Orlando, Florida, ...