Sexuality
All about puberty
To become an adult, we all through a period of great change, known as puberty. During puberty, your body will gradually transform into that of an adult: facial hair, deepened voice and larger sexual organs for boys; developed breasts and the start of periods for girls. Puberty can be a difficult period as you get used to your changing body and status as a young adult. The following articles about puberty will help you better understand what's going on.
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Adolescence: your changing body
You're turning your back on your childhood and want to choose your own way of life, but you don't really know where this new budding independence will take you. You're no longer a child and won't accept being treated as such anymore. But that doesn't stop adults from not taking you seriously and...
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I've got breasts!
The development of breasts in girls is one of the first signs of puberty and most girls eagerly anticipate this slight swelling of breast tissue, even though some can be a little anxious.
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Periods: no need to panic
One day, between the ages of 10 to 15, you'll notice a dark-red or brown stain in your underwear: it's blood. You've now become fertile and are having your first period!
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Puberty and voice change
Puberty means leaving childhood to enter adolescence. Under the influence of many hormones, puberty takes place around the age of twelve for boys with maturing genital organs, hair growth and a whole new voice.
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Puberty and hair growth
First pubic hair, in a triangle for girls, or down from the navel towards the penis for boys and underarm hair for both. Then the hair that was already covering the arms and legs becomes thicker; for boys, hair grows down the centre of the chest and around the nipples. And teenage boys...
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Teenage body complexes
Mirror, mirror on the wall, am I the ugliest of them all? Many teenage girls feel a complex about their changing bodies-
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