I had my first period at 11 years old, stuffed toilet paper in my undies, and hoped for the best. I hadn't had the period talk with my mom, so my dad took over and talked to me about puberty. While we ...

Do you remember the first time that your parents sat you down to have the “period talk?” It was probably an awkward conversation, more than likely led by your mother who may have been the only parent ...

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How did you learn about periods for the first time? Was it in a fifth grade classroom, split by sex? An embarrassing conversation with parents? When menstrual health researcher Mandi Tembo learned ...

The queries “What is the right age to talk with your children about puberty?” and “How to prevent precocious puberty” — thanks to a friend who scared the living daylights out of me recently — have ...

Medically reviewed by Cordelia Nwankwo, MD Key Takeaways Breast development usually starts about two years before the first ...

If chatbots can have desires, a meme account can have a period. Cora, a period and body-care product brand, launched a campaign in which the meme account Girls is having its “period” on May, June and ...

From the very first time she laced up her sneakers at high school track practice through her final race as a collegiate athlete, Olympic runner Colleen Quigley never felt ashamed to have a period. Her ...

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