News, Advice, and Tips for Parenting Teenagers

Although many kids go to the same doctor from the time they were born until they go off to college, more and more tweens and teens are switching to doctors who specialize in treating adolescents. Adolescent-medicine specialists recognize that their patients are too young to see the same doctors that adults see and too old to continue seeing their pediatrician.

"Instead, they approach their patients with the knowledge that puberty drives
teens' bodies into maturity in advance of their brains, presenting challenges."

In addition to physical development, adolescent-medicine specials track cognitive development. And because these specialists often spend more time with their patients, they build a rapport that opens the door for tweens and teens to ask questions - questions that they may be too embarrassed to ask their parents. Learn more about doctors who specialize in treating adolescents online from the Indy Star.

Posted By: Lori S