Tom Holland

Peter Parker is probably the most relatable superhero - maybe ever - because he goes through something that basically everyone has to go through. Whether it's puberty or talking to girls or doing homework, he does it in such a human way. That's why he's such a beloved character: because so many people can relate to him.

English Actor

Richard Griffiths

Since puberty I've always had this strange awareness that all the keener experiences I would have in my life would happen later than it would to my contemporaries. When it came to the career thing, I never worried about it. It's better if you're still peaking when you're 60, which I feel I am.

Tom Lenk

My first big one-person show was basically a combination of my family, me during puberty, embarrassing newspaper articles that were written about me in high school, my first modeling photos, and terrible things that people said about me on the Internet.

American Actor

George Montgomery

I began drinking alcohol at the age of thirteen and gave it up in my fifty sixth year; it was like going straight from puberty to a mid-life crisis.

American Artist

Germaine Greer

What we ought to see in the agonies of puberty is the result of the conditioning that maims the female personality in creating the feminine.

Australian Activist

Oneohtrix Point Never

Before puberty, it seems like I was more or less smiling a lot. I was really outgoing and wanted to have a happy life.

American Musician

Rhys Darby

Comedy helped me out in my teenage years. It saw me through puberty and helped me to deal with dating.

New Zealander Comedian

Sam Smith

When it comes to age, I just feel like puberty is, like, the most horrible time of anyone's life.

English Musician

Cheryl Ladd

If I can help get anybody through puberty, I say, 'Good!

American Actress

Brigitte Nielsen

Puberty was the most horrifying time of my life.

Danish Actress

Discussing puberty can be personal and sensitive. Be respectful and cautious when talking about this topic.

Emotional Sensitivity

Remember, the age at which individuals start puberty can greatly vary.

Individual Variation

Use 'puberty' to refer specifically to biological and physical changes, not emotional or psychological ones.

Biological Focus

 You don't understand laughter fully by the time you hit puberty. You don't understand laughter fully by the time your brain has matured at the end of your teens. You're learning about laughter throughout your entire early adult life. If we turn the question around and now say not, what does the laughter sound like in terms of being real or posed, but we say,

Why we laugh PIPE Sophie...

 whose incredible range contained notes previously thought impossible for adult men. However, this gift came at a high price. To prevent their voices from breaking, these singers had been castrated before puberty, halting the hormonal processes that would deepen their voices.

Why does your voice...

 Each month beginning around puberty, the hormone-producing pituitary gland in the brain starts releasing two substances into the follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone. When they reach the ovaries, they encourage the internal egg cells to grow and mature.

How menstruation works -...

 promised to the temple at birth. At puberty, she changed her name and gained her elevated naditu status in a ceremony where a priest examined the entrails of a sacrificed animal for omens. The naditu are an esteemed group drawn from Babylonia’s most affluent families.

A day in the life of an...

 MORGAN This royal treatment isn't required merely out of respect for the divine. It avoids her receiving cuts to her feet. If she bleeds, she ceases to be a goddess. Of course, that day can only be put off so long. With the onset of puberty, this young girl

Living Embodiment of...

 during puberty. In men, puberty begins when the testes start secreting testosterone. That triggers the gradual development of the sexual organs, makes facial hair sprout, and causes the voice to deepen and height to increase.

How do your hormones...

 is usually hormone replacement therapy. Hormones are why I have a deeper voice and some sparse whiskers on my neck and a giant pimple on my chin. Basically, they put you through a second puberty it's a blast.

How to talk (and listen)...

 can be a very exciting time the young elephants they come in they're very feisty and they'll just run around the by for the entire afternoon he's like a young male in puberty so he's learning how to be a man

The Bull Elephant...

 grandmother my aunts and many cousins they all wear the burka and it's something that's usually initiated at the age of puberty but in my case my folks were a little bit more lenient I

How I came to love my...

 Now, what happened was not maybe what you thought, which is, he suddenly became passionate, engaged, involved, got a new teacher, he hit puberty, or whatever it is.