puberty

Tennessee and 23 Republican-led states recently adopted laws prohibiting doctors from prescribing puberty blockers or hormones for minors with gender dysphoria.

But around the time he went through puberty — and got his first cellphone — Puerta noticed a stark change in his son’s demeanor.

To me, it was a bible for adult life, which, being on the edge of puberty and going into year seven, felt like a total must-read.

A study by Harvard researchers found that fewer than 1% adolescents with private health insurance received either puberty blockers or hormone treatments.

In a policy statement, the academy describes puberty blockers as reversible, noting that hormones have been used since the 1980s to suppress puberty if a child undergoes it at an unusually early age.