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The signs might be there. But parents and clinicians will still wonder if there's some foolproof way to determine whether their children are actually trans. There isn't one – and that's okay.
The panic about British children reaching puberty younger is unwarranted. Medieval skeletons provide a different answer.
In this episode of The Anthill podcast, we bring you stories on helicopter parenting, early puberty, and what it's like to grow up as a Muslim in Britain.
Shape-shifting bodies. Cracking voices. Hairs sprouting in new places. Why do some children enter puberty early?
Study finds that gene linked to risk-taking is associated with losing your virginity early.
Late maturing girls tend to be privileged in ballet training. This doesn't have to be the case.
There is lot on the minds of teens other than school, grades and friends. Research shows being asked "prying" questions could make a real difference to their mental health.
The female sex hormone oestrogen can be produced and released from the brain as well as the ovaries, according to a study…
Puberty has long been recognised as a transition point in which many emotional and behavioural problems emerge. These include depression and anxiety, substance use and abuse, self-harm and eating disorders…
Boys are entering puberty earlier than previously thought, according to research from the United States recently published in the journal Pediatrics. The largest study of its type, enrolling 4,131 healthy…
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Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
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Professor of Adolescent Health Research, University of Melbourne
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Professor and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Anatomy & Developmental Biology, Monash University
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Lecturer in the School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle
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NHMRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Professor of Paediatrics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Professor of Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh
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Clinical Assistant Professor College of Nursing and Health Innovation, University of Texas Arlington
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Lecturer in Sociology, University of Bradford
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Research Fellow in Faith and Peaceful Relations at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University
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PhD Candidate, University of Bath
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Bath
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Senior Investigator Scientist, University of Cambridge
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Group Leader of the Development Programme at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
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Visiting Fellow at the School of Education & Lifelong Learning, University of East Anglia
