Human Growth and Development / Unit 9 HGD 1224 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Measuring Puberty
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The idea
Pubertal timing is usually self-reported: girls report the date of menarche, and boys report secondary sex characteristics.
In practice
Most girls prepared for menarche, usually by mothers, while most boys report that no one talked with them about spermarche.
Where people slip
Peer-relative timing, looking older, younger or the same as peers, matters for how puberty is experienced.
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