Puberty

Follow the links below to find information on puberty and the changes associated with it, including information for parents and carers, and information for people going through puberty. You can find a range of information on puberty at:

Updated September 2011

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Title:   Girls - Parents
Publisher:   Headroom (South Australia)
Description:   Girls attach more importance to personal and interpersonal parts of life, so at times they can seem to be over-sensitive and moody. Girls see the world in terms of relationships rather than a striving for independence.
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   Puberty
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Puberty is the time in our lives when our sexual reproductive organs mature. This means our bodies become capable of having babies.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Puberty
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Puberty: young people begin to develop the outward signs of becoming an adult and when they become able to reproduce (have a baby).
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Acne
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Acne includes mild to severe outbreaks of blackheads, pimples (zits) and cysts on the skin. Hormones associated with puberty are one trigger for teenage acne but adult acne, particularly among women, is also increasing. Acne treatments include a range of medications and cleansers can also help. Reducing stress and a low GI diet may help some people.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Sexual feelings
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   The sex hormones your body is producing may cause you to have sexual feelings. Sometimes they make you feel sexy.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Puberty - changes in thinking
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Suddenly your body is telling you that you are changing into an adult and your mind starts to do some changing too.
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Personal hygiene - taking care of your body
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Keeping your body clean is an important part of keeping you healthy and helping you to feel good about yourself. Caring about the way you look is important to your self esteem...
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Boys' breasts
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Older boys can develop breast tissue as can some older men, so it is not an unusual thing to happen.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Secret boy's business!
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Whatever you may have called them when you were a little kid, in your family or among your mates, your 'privates' have got other names used by doctors and other medical professionals.
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Sweating and body odour
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   There are lots of different activities that cause us to sweat more than usual. Hot weather, exercise and doing something that makes us feel anxious...
Date:   Jul 2011
Title:   Puberty that happens early
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Puberty is said to be precocious (ie. very early) in girls if breasts start to develop before age 8 or periods start before age 9. In boys precocious puberty is when there is sexual development before age 9
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Breasts
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Breasts are two mounds of flesh which grow on the chest of girls as they reach puberty.
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   What is puberty?
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Apart from the first year of your lives, the most growing that you do happens during puberty.
Date:   Jan 2012
Title:   Dandruff - does your head feel itchy?
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Dandruff is itching and flaking of the scalp that some people start getting around puberty.
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Child development: 10-12 years
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   It is in these three years that children move from 'childhood' to a view of a more adult world that they will clearly want or be forced to join in the near future
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Zits (acne)
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Sometimes life seems to be really unfair. Just when you start to worry a lot about how you look you get 'zits'!
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Adolescence
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Adolescence is the time when you begin changing from a kid to an adult. This doesn't happen overnight - in fact it happens over several years.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Puberty (female)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Puberty is considered to be the beginning years of adolescence. There are many signs of puberty in females such as breast development, growth of pubic and underarm hair and menstruation.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Puberty (male)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   A short overview of what happens when puberty occurs in males. Puberty generally marks the beginning of adolescence, but the two things are not identical.
Date:   Sep 2010
Title:   Who says you're overweight?
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   When you are a nearly teen, there are all sorts of things happening in your life. Some young people put on weight, then suddenly have a growth spurt and go skinny.
Date:   Jul 2010

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