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Grown-ups tend to recall their adolescence as a highlight reel (or maybe, in some cases, it's a lowlight reel): the first leg or face shave, the first kiss, the first bra, the first ejaculation or ...

Ah, adolescence: the gnarly netherworld of acne, braces, hormones, fickle friendships, and byzantine middle school stairways to nowhere. It was awkward enough when we went through it, and now puberty ...

For kids growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, there's a standard introduction to puberty at many schools: an educational play called Nightmare on Puberty Street. It's a fictional play, and in it, ...

At the start of health and wellness class, one of my students blurted out, "Can we just skip it?" He wasn't talking about the class; he wanted to skip puberty. As a school counselor, I know the mere ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Baton Rouge General will host puberty education classes to help reduce anxiety and improve attitudes in pre-teens. According to officials, they will get a chance to ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The Baton Rouge General Hospital is hosting several upcoming classes to educate kids about the often uncomfortable topic of puberty. The classes are geared toward kids ages ...

At the start of health and wellness class, one of my students blurted out, “Can we just skip it?” He wasn’t talking about the class; he wanted to skip puberty. As a school counselor, I know the mere ...