what is puberty?

Answer 1

Puberty refers to the process of physical changes by which a child's body becomes an adult body capable of reproduction. Growth accelerates in the first half of puberty and reaches completion by the end. Body differences between boys and girls before puberty are almost entirely restricted to the genitalia. During puberty major differences of size, shape, composition, and function develop in many body structures and systems. The most obvious of these are referred to as secondary sex characteristics. In a strict sense, the term puberty (and this article) refers to the bodily changes of sexual maturation rather than the psychosocial and cultural aspects of adolescent development.

Adolescence is the period of psychological and social transition between childhood and adulthood. Adolescence largely overlaps the period of puberty but its boundaries are less precisely defined and it refers as much to the psychosocial and cultural characteristics of development during the teen years as to the physical changes of puberty.

Answer 2

You need to find an adult you can trust to carry you through this time in your life. Puberty is when you will need some major discernment which is the ability to make wise choices. There will be a ton of people your own age who will have thousands of opinions of what you should do. Apparently you are not as well supervised as you deserve. I recommend that you contact an aunt, cousin, or best freinds' parent, and explain your situation and evaluate if they can be a good supervisor for you.

Answer 3

Puberty

Puberty refers to the process of physical changes by which a child's body becomes an adult body capable of reproduction. Growth accelerates in the first half of puberty and reaches completion by the end. Body differences between boys and girls before puberty are almost entirely restricted to the genitalia. During puberty major differences of size, shape, composition, and function develop in many body structures and systems. The most obvious of these are referred to as secondary sex characteristics. In a strict sense, the term puberty (and this article) refers to the bodily changes of sexual maturation rather than the psychosocial and cultural aspects of adolescent development.

Adolescence is the period of psychological and social transition between childhood and adulthood. Adolescence largely overlaps the period of puberty but its boundaries are less precisely defined and it refers as much to the psychosocial and cultural characteristics of development during the teen years as to the physical changes of puberty.

Answer 4

It is a stage in your life usually around the ages of 10 to 18 where you develop in to the adult that you will one day become. You start to notice the opposite gender more. You get hair where there was no hair before.

Answer 5

Puberty is the cycle for boys and girls ages 9-14 usually that they start changing and getting more mature body parts. For example, boys start developing facial hair and get an adams apple and girls start developing breasts and get their period.

Answer 6

That is when your body starts producing the secondary sexual characterists (breast growth pubic hair voice changes) occurs between 9 and 16 years of age.

Answer 7

I looked at some of your other question, and I think you need to talk to your parent or guardian, and stop asking strangers on websites

Answer 8

Something we're all waiting for Jack Nicholson to grow out of...

Answer 9

Certainly not something that is meant to be chatted about on-line. Ask your parents.

Answer 10

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