Everyone’s got ’em . . . but maybe these words from Lois Pemberton’s classic The Stork Didn’t Bring You will help in your personal search for clear skin. 1965: Oh, Woe is You Saddest of all the adolescent crosses to bear, and one that often leaves big mental as well as physical scars is ACNE. Very […]
Tag: puberty
Unstick Me From Seventeen
Q Dear Miss Abigail: I am seventeen years old and have hardly no experience with other kids my age. I am a girl but I feel so unfeminine and not pretty. It ruins everything when you’re stuck like this. What should I do? Signed, Lolita A Dear Lolita: Wow, Abigail, is that you? Oh, sorry, […]
One More Inch to Grow, and Counting
Q Dear Miss Abigail: I am eighteen years of age and my problem may seem very petty, but to me it is a great deal. My father is six feet tall and my mother is five feet and three inches. I am five feet nine inches tall, but it is very difficult for me to […]
Growth Hurts
Q Dear Miss Abigail: Heeeeelp! I’m less than five feet tall and I’m already fourteen. How can I get taller without subscribing to these Internet programs. The prices are high and I don’t think I can afford it. My younger brother is taller than I am and I’m ashamed because I’m sooooo small. Please help. […]
Strange Beliefs About the Menses
Dr. Edward Podowsky’s Sex Today in Wedded Life was written “for the average man and woman,” in the guise of this fictional tale: “This is the story of Mr. and Mrs. William Carter who, at the very beginning of their married life, sought and obtained sexual information which proved of the utmost value to them in […]
Wherefore Art Thou Puberty
Q Dear Miss Abigail: I have an embarrassing question. I am sixteen and I haven’t gone through puberty yet. What’s wrong? Do you know? Please, I hate it! Thanks. Signed, Justin A Dear Justin: Don’t be embarrassed, young man! I believe that Gladys Cox, author of Youth, Sex, and Life,can help ease your teen angst. According […]
Please Make My Zits Go Away!
Q Dear Miss Abigail: I have a bunch of zits on my forehead that never seem to go away. I use pimple-fighting creams and scrubs but they never go away! What can I do to make them go away? Why won’t they go away in the first place? Is there a cream out there that […]
Mother Knows Best
Q Dear Miss Abigail: I’m going through puberty and I don’t know how to talk about it with my mom, yet me and my friends talk about it all the time. Is it wrong? What should I do? Signed, Deeply Confused A Dear Confused: I’m sure your friends have interesting things to say about puberty, […]
To 34B or Not to 34B
Q Dear Miss Abigail: I’m a twelve-year-old girl who has started going through puberty. My breasts have been developing faster than most of the girls in my class. I’m already bigger than my mom. She told me that if I started wearing a bra now I would probably wear a size 34B. She thinks I […]
How Do I Explain Puberty?
Q Dear Miss Abigail: I want to explain to my daughter what puberty is. Could you help me go about it? Signed, Nancy A Dear Nancy: In our continuing saga of “vague and slightly scary old advice to help teach children about sex and puberty” (see this other question), I bring you a little chat between […]