As I prep for a talk that I'm giving to the Women of Google...this post feels very fitting to re-post... Hormonal (adjective) 1 : of, relating to, utilizing, or produced by hormones hormonal changes 2 : markedly influenced or affected by hormones (such as sex hormones) : exhibiting behavior characteristic of increasing or fluctuating hormone levels moody hormonal teenagers. Samson, my son is VERY high spirited. He doesn't stop moving. His need for my attention is constant and strong. When asked about how my children are, I typically have a new update on what Samson has injured; broken; or, destroyed... To which the most common reply is, "it's because he's a boy. He'll be harder now...but just wait until your daughters become hormonal teenagers." Don't be offended if this is a conversation we've had. I've said it. I've thought it. But boys are hormonal too... ...but their hormonal shifts aren't demonized in the media and in cultural norms. It's expected for boys to becom...