What if puberty makes you feel awkward?

Puberty can feel awkward, but understanding and addressing these feelings with knowledge, communication, and self-care can make this transformative phase smoother for teenagers.

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Understanding the Puberty Blues: Why It Can Make You Feel Awkward Puberty is a universal experience that marks the transition from childhood to adolescence, involving significant physical, emotional, and social changes. It's like getting a major software update it can bring a lot of new features, but also quite a few bugs and glitches until everything settles down. The process often starts between the ages of 8 to 13 for girls and 9 to 14 for boys, though it varies widely among individuals. The key players in this developmental stage are hormones, such as testosterone and oestrogen, which are responsible...
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