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  2. Puberty - Wikipedia

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    [9] [10] [11] Puberty that starts earlier than usual is known as precocious puberty, and puberty which starts later than usual is known as delayed puberty. Notable among the morphologic changes in size, shape, composition, and functioning of the pubertal body, is the development of secondary sex characteristics, the "filling in" of the child's ...

  3. Precocious puberty - Wikipedia

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    African-American girls are especially prone to early puberty. [18] Though boys face fewer problems from early puberty than girls do, early puberty is not always positive for boys. Early sexual maturation in boys can be accompanied by increased aggressiveness due to the surge of pubertal hormones. [57]

  4. What is precocious puberty? Experts explain. - AOL

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    Precocious puberty is when signs of sexual maturity occur earlier than age 8 in a girl and age 9 in a boy. (Photo: Getty Images) (Getty Images/iStockphoto) Every child goes through puberty, but ...

  5. Adolescence - Wikipedia

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    Upper body of a teenage boy. The structure has changed to resemble an adult form. Puberty is a period of several years in which rapid physical growth and psychological changes occur, culminating in sexual maturity. The average age of onset of puberty is 10–11 for girls and 11–12 for boys.

  6. When male puberty hits, parents need to be prepared - AOL

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    As puberty hits, boys are likely not thinking about children or how their current habits will affect their future fertility. Smoking, drug use, poor diet, obesity — these all can contribute to ...

  7. With puberty starting earlier than ever, doctors urge greater ...

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    Boys, who typically begin puberty between 9 and 14, are also starting puberty earlier than in the past, but precocious puberty is much less common for young boys than girls. When a boy starts ...