Puberty

Usually some time between age 8 and 17 years old.  Girls often go through it a bit earlier than boys do. There’s a right time for everyone but it may be different for different people and that’s OK.

That’s a hard one to answer, but basically when the body is ready it starts producing special chemicals called hormones that tell your body to start changing.

The facts:

• It’s totally normal
• It lets you know your body is on track and everything’s going OK
• It will finish one day
• It can be confusing, exciting, strange – even scary
• You can talk to your parents or a trusted adult about it – they went through puberty too!

For all the information on boys and girls bodies check out this fact sheet on puberty and the changes your body will go through.

• Puberty stuff

There is some extra information on periods here.

• About Periods