Justin Bieber‘s camp is trying not to freak out over the inevitable change in Justin’s voice as the 16-year old approaches puberty. All red-hot child and teen singers have had to face this same challenge and many have fallen into obscurity as they aged. Even those that succeeded in making the jump to adult entertainers (Michael Jackson, Donny Osmond) took a few years to recover from changes in their voices brought on by puberty.

Remember what happened on The Brady Bunch when they covered this issue? Greg Brady, the family’s eldest son, wanted to make a music record. He booked a recording studio and planned on singing a song with his siblings. However, when Peter’s voice begins to change, Greg’s hopes of recording a song were crushed. That is until Greg came up with a new idea just to accommodate Peter’s changing voice:

Obviously this same trick will not work with today’s teen sensation, Justin. So Justin’s camp has come up with the next-best approach. They have engaged the help of Usher as a mentor to help Justin make the move from teen star to adult entertainer. See a sneak peek of today’s E! special on this subject: