Table of Contents

Foreword 3

Chapter One: Welcome to Puberty 6

Chapter Two: Eating, Exercise, and a Healthy Weight 14

Chapter Three: Your Height 26

Chapter Four: Your Skin, Teeth, and Hair 32

Chapter Five: Your Reproductive System-Inside and Out 50

Chapter Six: Your Period 64

Chapter Seven: Your Feelings 72

Chapter Eight: Relationships 86

Chapter Nine: What About Sex? 100

Find Out More! 113

Glossary 116

Index 125

About the Author

Amy B. Middleman, MD, MSEd, MPH, is a board-certified Adolescent Medicine specialist and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. She is a practicing and teaching physician specializing in the care of adolescents at Texas Children's Hospital. In addition to her Doctor of Medicine degree, she has a Master of Science in Education and a Master of Public Health degree. Kate Gruenwald Pfeifer, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker. She has a master's degree in social work from Columbia University as well as a certificate in psychodynamic psychotherapy with children and adolescents from NYU Psychoanalytic Institute.