Recently, I have had several opportunities to talk with boys and girls who are in puberty. One consistent concern they have expressed to me is how to let teachers know they are having “immediate puberty issues.” For girls, this typically means something related to their…

Adolescents in puberty spend a few years on a pathway that is new to them. It is almost as if they are walking through a "puberty tunnel" and they don’t know where it is going to take them. If you have a son, you realize…