Alderman Dean McCullough says motion ‘about protecting children’ but effort to have it debated at full council rejected ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Precocious puberty is when signs of sexual maturity occur earlier than age 8 in a girl and age 9 in a boy. (Photo: Getty Images) ...

Noticing physical changes in your daughter before age eight? A leading expert explains the causes behind early puberty, the ...

Arizona law says kids shouldn't be exposed to sexually explicit material. But there's a key difference between existing law ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Puberty lessons, as part of sex education, typically begin in the fifth grade. Many experts say that's too late. (Collage: Getty ...

Children grow up fast – every parent knows that. But in modern America the speed of growth isn’t just about the years flying by too quickly. What if you discovered that your 6-year-old was already ...

NHS England has made the landmark decision that puberty suppressing hormones (PSH) will not be available as a routine commissioning treatment option for children and young people who have gender ...

When author Naama Bloom watched her hilarious “Camp Gyno” video, about a tween who is the first girl at her summer camp to get a period, go viral in 2013, she knew she was on to something. She ...

Puberty in both girls and boys with type 1 diabetes has shifted forward over the last two decades, according to research presented at the 61st Annual European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology ...

Girls aren’t alone in hitting puberty earlier – boys are, too, according to a study published Monday in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics. And boys’ body mass index as children might play a role.

Many parents say, “They grow up so fast” when it comes to their children, but research is showing that it’s true, especially in girls who go through puberty early. This head start could be a problem ...