A Message to ParentsMeet the CharactersChapter 1: Puberty: Here’s the DealChapter 2: Feelings and FriendsChapter 3: Beating Body OdorsChapter 4: HairyChapter 5: The Skin You’re InChapter 6: Body Part SmartsChapter 7: Breasts and ChestsChapter 8: All About Periods, PeriodChapter 9: Testosterone ZoneChapter 10: Puberty GearChapter 11: CuriosityChapter 12: When Puberty Doesn’t Feel RightChapter 13: Bigger Better BodiesChapter 14: What’s Your Style/Be You
Dr. Melisa Holmes is a board-certified Ob-Gyn, author, and nationally recognized health educator. She is the Co-Founder and CEO of Girlology, a leading wellness app supporting girls and caregivers with personalized on demand health resources that guide them through puberty and adolescence with confidence. She has more than 20 years experience as an ob-gyn with expertise in pediatric & adolescent gynecology and as an educator for medical students, residents and colleagues.
Dr. Melisa is a Co-Founder of the Period Education Project, a national non-profit that trains medical students to deliver menstrual health education to under resourced communities. She has authored books for youth on puberty and sexual development as well as numerous articles and book chapters in the medical literature. She has consulted and created health content for global brands including Always, Tampax and CVS Health.
As a passionate patient advocate, Dr. Holmes received a national award from the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists for patient education. Trish Hutchison, MD, FAAP, is a board-certified pediatrician, nationally recognized health educator, and author. Dr. Trish is the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Girlology, a leading wellness app supporting girls and caregivers with personalized on demand health resources that guide them through puberty and adolescence with confidence. She founded and directed a young women's health center for the Department of Adolescent Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. She is an expert on adolescent development, teen sexuality, parenting, and has been listed among the Best Doctors in America.
Dr. Trish has authored books for youth on puberty and sexual development. She is also a Co-Founder of the Period Education Project, a national non-profit that trains medical students to deliver menstrual health education to under resourced communities. Dr. Trish has over 20 years of clinical practice and currently works in College Health at The College of Charleston. This keeps her up to date on issues that kids face daily, including her own two college aged daughters.
She earned her MD at the Medical University of South Carolina
(MUSC) then completed her Pediatrics residency at Vanderbilt
University.
Kathryn Lowe, MD, FAAP (she/her) is a board-certified
pediatrician, a clinical assistant professor at the University of
Washington School of Medicine, and a proud mother of two middle
school kids. Dr. Lowe has an immense background advocating for
LGBTQ+ kids and has taught extensively on the topic of gender. In
recognition of her expertise, she was elected a member of the
American Academy of Pediatrics Executive Committee of the Section
on LGBT Health and Wellness and continues to serve on this national
level committee today. Dr. Lowe's passion for advocating for kids
began while serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia where she
worked with children in rural villages, and only grew stronger as
she began her career as a pediatrician and then became a mother.
The idea for You-ology sprang from her endless search for the ideal
puberty book to read with her two kids as they approached puberty.
Dr. Lowe earned her medical degree through the University of
Connecticut and completed her pediatrics residency at Maine Medical
Center in Portland, ME. She loves enjoying life with her husband,
two children, and always at least one furry four-legged
companion.
"As a mom of a transgender daughter, I'm delighted that You-ology
explains and illustrates puberty in an inclusive and sensitive
manner." --Jeanette Jennings, President and Cofounder of the
TransKids Purple RainbowFoundation, mom of trans youth activist
Jazz Jennings, and cast member of the award-winning TLC docuseries,
I Am Jazz "An inclusive, all-gender look at puberty . . . featuring
a diverse cast of six characters who are dealing with real-world
scenarios." --New York Times
"You-ology is a book where kids can see their bodies and their
uniqueness reflected back at them. This book is about real kids
going through real changes." --Ilena Sherer, MD, Pediatrician;
executive committee, American Academy of Pediatrics Section on LGBT
Health and Wellness; and cofounder of Child and Adolescent Gender
Center at the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
"You-ology is honest, accepting, empowering, and medically
accurate. It reads like a personalized how-to-do-puberty book for
kids." --Damon Korb, MD, FAAP, author of Raising an Organized
Child: 5 Steps to Boost Independence, Ease Frustration, and Promote
Confidence and director, Center for Developing Minds, Los Gatos,
CA
"A gender-inclusive body-positive explanation of puberty. You-ology
is that gift and a wonderful addition to youths', parents', and
educators' book collections as children make their way through the
puberty journey." --Diane Ehrensaft, PhD, author of GenderBorn,
Gender Made and The Gender Creative Child; director of mental
health, Child and Adolescent Gender Center at the University of
California San Francisco (UCSF) Benioff Children's Hospital; and
associate professor of pediatrics, UCSF
"The much-needed book about puberty that covers not just the
physical but also the emotional changes that youth go through in a
gender-inclusive way that normalizes everyone's puberty
experience." --Paria Hassouri, MD, FAAP, author of Found
inTransition: A Mother's Evolution During Her Child's Gender Change
and director of the Pediatric and Adolescent Gender Wellness Clinic
at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
"This is the book about puberty that kids and parents deserve! Not
only is it medically accurate, but it is also free of shame and
covers topics like gender diversity in thorough, thoughtful
detail." --Jennifer Lincoln, MD, IBCLC, author of Let's Talk About
DownThere: An OB-GYN Answers All Your Burning Questions...Without
Making You Feel Embarrassed for Asking and board-certified
obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Portland, OR
"This is the guide every parent and child needs to develop a
comfortable and confident acceptance of their own bodies and
others!" --Michelle Icard, author of Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen
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