Puberty is starting younger and younger, especially estrogen-dominant puberty. We talk to three kids and one teen about extra early puberty and the funny, scary, embarrassing and joyful experiences that come with it.
Read the full transcript here.
Resources
- Bodies Facebook Group
- The New Puberty, Louise Greenspan, MD and Julianna Deardorff, PhD
- Neighborhood Racial and Economic Privilege and Timing of Pubertal Onset in Girls, Journal of Adolescent Health
- Why More and More Girls Are Hitting Puberty Early, Jessica Winter, The New Yorker
- Puberty Starts Earlier Than It Used To. Nobody Knows Why, Azeen Ghorayshi, The New York Times
- Articles by puberty & sex educator Shafia Zaloom on how to talk to your kids about puberty