Puberty Information & Advice

Personal dignity is vital: why all schools should provide free pads and tampons

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The dip in mothers’ self-esteem and wellbeing coincides with onset of her children’s puberty.

How to head off the toll of the terrible tweens on mothers' self-esteem

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Number of teenagers choosing not to drink rises by more than 50 per cent

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Bottomless pit: One description of a teenage boy going through puberty.

How to tell when your son has hit puberty

The transition of your baby-faced angelic son into a teenager can be a challenging time, especially when you’ve never had to deal with the hormones that can descend upon your home like a cyclone.

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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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What the declining age of puberty tell us

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Why your daughter needs to know about her period

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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.

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Teenagers are the reason wine was invented.

You know you're the parent of a teenager when…

Here are six very obvious signs you now have a teenager in your midst.

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Should the sleepover rules be the same when your daughter is a lesbian?

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.

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Australian scientists have discovered that an early stage of puberty known as adrenarche, which children go through at ...

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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As your teen's body changes, you should also change how you feed them

Most parents expect their role to change as their kids hit their teen years. But many don't realise quite how much their children's age affects the way they need to be fed.

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Talking to kids about pornography in an age appropriate way.

It may be awkward, but we need to talk to kids about porn

Parents often underestimate the extent of their child's exposure to online porn.

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Letting your kids access porn is not the answer. *Model pictured

Mum gives her 10-year-old son access to porn

What would you do if you found out your 10-year-old son had been accessing hardcore pornography on his smartphone? Would you block his access to porn or would you give him permission to keep looking at it?

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Dancing tampon song teaches kids about periods

First they gave us cartoon genitals for a kids' sex education show; now they have graced us with dancing, wigged tampons to teach children about menstruation.

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Preparing boys for how their body will change during puberty.

What boys need to know about puberty

Do you have a son and think you'll have it easy when they enter puberty? Don't be so sure.

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Changing bodies ... prepare young girls for puberty.

What girls need to know about puberty

Here are the crucial things every girl should know about puberty.

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How do I talk to my children about the birds and the bees?

As parents, why do we find discussing sex so challenging?

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