Everyone goes through puberty, but everyone goes through it at different times. Puberty is the time where an adolescent goes through physical changes that bring them to sexual maturity (Hockenbury & Hockenbury, 2014). Most adolescent girls have their first menstrual period at around the age of 12 ½. Breast development begins around the age of 10, and a growth spurt occurs at 12. However, many girls go through puberty at a younger age. Many factors contribute to puberty coming at an earlier age. For example, the time a female’s mother experienced menarche when she was an adolescent is usually the same time the daughter will experience it (Hockenbury & Hockenbury, 2014). Sustenance, well-being, amount of physically demanding activity, weight, and absence of the father in the home life all influence puberty to begin at an earlier age. To me, the lack of a father in the home life causing earlier puberty is very peculiar. The text says it may be the cause of stress, but if a girl has never had a
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I experienced menarche at the end of the fourth grade, when I was 10. However, the cause of it occurring is unknown. My mother did not experience menarche until she was in the eighth grade, I had good nutrition, I was on a swim team at the YMCA with training every day and meets almost every weekend, I took dance lessons for a few hours once a week, and my father was not absent in the home environment. Some people fault the growth hormones in the chicken nuggets at McDonalds, which I absolutely loved, but I suppose I will never really know what triggered me to develop so early. I had a growth spurt and my chest started developing around the age of eight or nine. I was taller than almost everyone in my class, and I received a lot of unwanted attention from both genders. Boys would stare and girls would be jealous, asking: “How did you get those?” I was very embarrassed, and my self-esteem started to
I experienced menarche at the end of the fourth grade, when I was 10. However, the cause of it occurring is unknown. My mother did not experience menarche until she was in the eighth grade, I had good nutrition, I was on a swim team at the YMCA with training every day and meets almost every weekend, I took dance lessons for a few hours once a week, and my father was not absent in the home environment. Some people fault the growth hormones in the chicken nuggets at McDonalds, which I absolutely loved, but I suppose I will never really know what triggered me to develop so early. I had a growth spurt and my chest started developing around the age of eight or nine. I was taller than almost everyone in my class, and I received a lot of unwanted attention from both genders. Boys would stare and girls would be jealous, asking: “How did you get those?” I was very embarrassed, and my self-esteem started to