Girl 101- Puberty
*Disclaimer* This will be long. It is part one of a series. I'm just gonna jump right in, so buckle up. I decided to start with puberty because I think that's kinda where it all starts to go off the rails, and it seems to be at the root of most teenage angst. We've all been there. The mood swings, the cramps, the body image, it's all because of puberty. What is puberty exactly? Well, this is what Websters 1828 Dictionary says. Quote: PU'BERTY , noun [Latin pubertas, from pubes.] The age at which persons are capable of procreating and bearing children. This age is different in different climates, but is with us considered to be at fourteen years in males, and twelve in females. I find this to be fairly accurate, but in my specific situation, my daughters, and my sons, not entirely. I noticed a few physical changes in my son around the age of ten, emotional changes around eleven. My daughter was twelve when we started having trouble with h