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All grown up: 14 signs that your son has hit puberty
The transition of your baby-faced angelic son into a teenager can be a challenging time.

How to tell when your daughter is going through puberty
Are you worried about knowing how to tell when your sweet fairy-loving princess reaches puberty? Are you having trouble finding out because said ‘princess’ is locked up in her room?




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How to prepare your daughter for her first period
I was 11 when I got my first period. I was still at primary school and my sprouting breasts and hips had already caused me much embarrassment. So when I saw the blood in my undies my pubescent heart sank.

What age should you let your daughter start shaving her legs?
Shaving or waxing legs is a tricky topic that parents attempt to navigate with their children.

More teenage girls seeking genital cosmetic surgery
To the long list of body parts that adolescent girls worry about and want to tinker with, the Internet age has added a new one: the vulva.

Dad's hilarious texts to daughter while trying to buy sanitary pads
A dad's text conversation with his daughter is going viral after he struggled to find the right 'sanitary towels' in Tesco.

The talk
How young is too young to talk to girls about sexual pleasure?
We shouldn't make the mistake of trying to protect our children's innocence by maintaining their ignorance, writes Kasey Edwards.

Student refuses to complete homework asking her to calculate BMI
An Indiana student has refused to complete a homework assignment asking her to define BMI. Instead, the teen wrote a passionate essay outlining why the BMI is an "outdated" measure.

Five conversation starters to support healthy body image
How's this for a scary statistic: Studies show that kids as young as 5 say they don't like their bodies.

Health Check: are growing pains real?
Growing pains are the most common childhood musculoskeletal condition. But for two centuries, its incidence, cause and treatment have baffled the health and medical community.

You know you're the parent of a teenager when…
Here are six very obvious signs you now have a teenager in your midst.

Before I knew my daughter was gay, I let her girlfriend spend the night
I soon realised I'd unwittingly put my daughter in bed with the object of her affection when her sleepover buddy came out to me in a series of text messages.

Discovered: The hormone behind your son's tantrums
Ever wondered why your eight-year-old son seems suddenly moody and fractious, falling out with friends or bursting into tears at the slightest provocation? Well, it may just be his hormones.
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