For info about your changing body and mind and the kinds of issues that older kids face, this is the place.
Click on any category below to view the articles:
Boy Stuff
- Boys and Puberty
- For Boys: Trouble "Down There"
- Getting Muscles
- What's an Adam's Apple?
- Your Changing Voice
Girl Stuff
- All About Menstruation
- Breasts and Bras
- Changing Your Hair
- Do Periods Ever End?
- Five Things Girls Want to Know About Periods
- Getting Your Period at School
- Pads and Tampons
- Period Cramps
- Period Stories: Meet Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
- Pierced Ears
- The Pink Locker Society
- What's Vaginal Discharge?
- When Will I Get My Period?
Body Stuff
- Acne
- Acne Myths
- All About Menstruation
- All About Puberty
- Body Mass Index (BMI)
- Boys and Puberty
- Braces
- Breasts and Bras
- Changing Your Hair
- Feeling Too Tall or Too Short
- Getting Your Period at School
- Growth Disorders
- I'm Growing Up - But Am I Normal?
- Pierced Ears
- Shaving
- The Pink Locker Society
- The Reality of Retainers
- When Will I Get My Period?
- Why Do Feet Stink?
- Your Changing Voice
School Stuff
- Backpacks
- Dealing With Bullies
- Five Steps to Better Handwriting
- Getting Your Period at School
- Going Back to School
- Homework Help
- School Lunches
- The Real Deal on Repeating a Grade
- What to Do if You Don't Like School
Drugs, Alcohol & Smoking
- Alcohol
- Helping a Parent Who Smokes
- What Kids Say About: Drinking Alcohol
- What Kids Say About: Tobacco
- What You Need to Know About Drugs
- What You Need to Know About Drugs: Cocaine and Crack
- What You Need to Know About Drugs: Depressants
- What You Need to Know About Drugs: Ecstasy
- What You Need to Know About Drugs: GHB
- What You Need to Know About Drugs: Heroin
- What You Need to Know About Drugs: Inhalants
- What You Need to Know About Drugs: LSD
- What You Need to Know About Drugs: Marijuana
- What You Need to Know About Drugs: Methamphetamines