Puberty can be hard on the kid going through it and the parent trying to help them. Your child is going through physical changes that can be awkward and embarrassing. As a parent, you may struggle ...

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Puberty is one of the most important stages of physical and emotional development in a child’s life—but for many families, it can be an awkward or confusing topic to approach. With children today ...

Puberty blockers sit at the centre of a fierce debate over care for gender diverse youth. These medicines suppress hormones that drive puberty and pause visible changes, such as breast development or ...

The hypothalamus, one of the most complex brain regions in the mammalian nervous system, contains an astonishing heterogeneity of neurons that regulate endocrine, autonomic and behavioral functions.

The average age of the onset of puberty has been dropping in the last century—with some girls starting to develop breasts as early as age six or seven. These shifts in the reproductive development ...

Puberty is optional. That’s the message transgender rights activists and gender clinicians are communicating to children. If you’re going through puberty and you don’t like it, they say, just take ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the U.S. in March 2020, life came to a standstill and millions of people experienced drastic changes in their lifestyles. For adolescents, this meant ...

Puberty lessons, as part of sex education, typically begin in the fifth grade. Many experts say that's too late. (Collage: Getty Images/Nathalie Cruz for Yahoo Life) Sex education has become a hotly ...

Reversible puberty blockers halt the development of gendered characteristics. England's National Health Service has banned the use of puberty blockers for the treatment of gender dysphoria or gender ...