Puberty

Can lemon, salt, or a special tea bring on your period? Here is the honest answer, why your body picks its own timing, and what to do instead of trying tricks.

Was that a real period or just spotting? Here is how to tell the difference by the color, amount, and how long it lasts, plus why your first periods can be so light and confusing.

Creamy, watery, yellow, or brown? Here is what each discharge color and texture means, why it changes during the month, and when it is worth telling a grown-up.

A beginner's guide for girls to tracking your period, what to log, how to build the habit, and why app predictions are gentle guesses in your first year.

Brown blood, skipped months, short periods, in your first year they are usually completely normal. A girl's guide to irregular first periods and when to ask an adult.

Several of you quietly asked about discharge, smell, and keeping clean. These are some of the most common worries, and the answers are simpler and kinder than you think.

Why do you grow hair down there, do you have to shave it, and what are those little bumps? Calm, honest answers about pubic hair as your body changes.

One breast bigger than the other? A sore, firm lump under one side? Bigger or smaller than your friends'? Here is what is going on, and why almost all of it is normal.

Every week, girls ask Soso what is really on their minds. Here are the five questions we heard most this week, with gentle, honest answers.

Your body is starting to change, and that's exactly what it's supposed to do. Here's a gentle guide to what happens during puberty, at your own pace.