Puberty
'Puberty is a time of big changes inside and outside your child’s body. It helps to know about the major physical changes in puberty that you can expect for girls and boys, and when these changes happen.'
The Raising Children and Better Health websites outline the basics for parents/carers on physical and emotional changes during puberty for boys and girls, aged 9 to 15 years.
Raising Children Website Links:
- Social and Emotional Changes
- Puberty: Helping your child handle the changes
- Puberty: When it's early or late
- Physical changes in puberty: boys and girls
- The ups and downs of adolescence
Better Health Website Links:
The video below is aimed at boys aged 9-15:
The video below is aimed at girls aged 9-15: