If you value independent local news, become a sustainer today. Your gift could help unlock a $1M challenge. The authors of a new book on puberty had trouble coming up with a name. The guide to growing ...

For kids growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, there's a standard introduction to puberty at many schools: an educational play called Nightmare on Puberty Street. It's a fictional play, and in it, ...

At the start of health and wellness class, one of my students blurted out, “Can we just skip it?” He wasn’t talking about the class; he wanted to skip puberty. As a school counselor, I know the mere ...