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Teen Development
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Latest News
- Latest News
- Scientists Identify Gene That Could Help Studies of Teens (06/02/2005, Scripps Howard News Service)
Overviews
- Overviews
- Growth and Your 13-to 18-Year-Old (Nemours Foundation)
- Normal Adolescent Development - Late High School Years and Beyond (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Also available in: Spanish - Normal Adolescent Development - Middle School and Early High School Years (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Also available in: Spanish
Coping
- Coping
- Helping Your Children Navigate Their Teenage Years: A Guide for Parents (White House Council on Youth Violence)
- Parent's Guide to Surviving Adolescence (Nemours Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish
Specific Conditions
- Specific Conditions
- Delayed Puberty (Nemours Foundation)
- Physical Development of Adolescents-Tips for Parents (Adolescent Wellness and Reproductive Education Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish - Puberty: What to Expect When Your Child Goes through Puberty (American Academy of Family Physicians)
Also available in: Spanish - Why Are My Breasts Sore? (Nemours Foundation)
- Your Child's Changing Voice (Nemours Foundation)
Related Issues
- Related Issues
- Body Image and Self-Esteem (Nemours Foundation)
- Communication and Your 13-to 18-Year-Old (Nemours Foundation)
- Helping Your Teen Decide What to Do after High School (Nemours Foundation)
- Influence of Music and Music Videos (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Also available in: Spanish - Talking to Your Child about Puberty (Nemours Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish - Talking to Your Kids about Sex (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Also available in: Spanish - What Media Teaches Children (American Academy of Pediatrics)
Genetics
- Genetics
- New Study Identifies Gene Signaling Puberty (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
Research
- Research
- High School Graduates from Immigrant Families Just As Likely to Succeed in College As AmericanBorn Peers (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
- Teenage Brain: A Work in Progress (National Institute of Mental Health)
Anatomy/Physiology
- Anatomy/Physiology
- Female Reproductive System (Nemours Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish - Male Reproductive System (Nemours Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish
Organizations
- Organizations
- American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- KidsHealth (Nemours Foundation)
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Statistics
- Statistics
- America's Children 2004: Behavior and Social Environment (Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics)
Teenagers
- Teenagers
- Everything You Wanted to Know about Puberty (Nemours Foundation)
Also available in: Spanish - Talking to Your Doctor (Nemours Foundation)
- What's the Right Weight for My Height? (Nemours Foundation)