For many parents, the onset of puberty in their child can feel overwhelming. That’s especially true when the child is nonverbal and on the autism spectrum. For Tiffany Jackson of Madison Heights, it ...

We may think of our children as our forever babies, but their bodies don’t always tell the same story. “Puberty is starting earlier and lasting longer,” says bestselling author Nancy Redd in an ...

Lead authors Marlon Goering, Ph.D., and Sylvie Mrug, Ph.D., from the Department of Psychology in the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, say two risk factors for early puberty parents can monitor are a ...

BERLIN — We are only at the start of puberty, and I am already at my wits’ end. How did I manage to make my child cry again? My daughter Juli and I have gone through life together for 12 years now.

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 ...