How should adolescents deal with the changes that they experience?
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Teenage development: what to expect
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The early teenage years see lots of changes – physical, emotional, cognitive and social. During this time, teenage bodies, emotions and identities change in different ways at different times.
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Physical changes in teenagers
Emotional changes in teenagers
Social changes in teenagers
Changes in teenage relationships
Physical changes in teenagers
For girls, physical changes sometimes start happening as young as eight years, or you might see these changes only now, as your child enters the teenage years. Physical changes in puberty include:
breast development
changes in body shape and height
growth of pubic and body hair
the start of periods.
For boys, physical changes usually start around 11-12 years – but any time between 9 and 14 years is normal. Physical changes include:
growth of the penis and testes (testicles)
changes in body shape and height
erections with ejaculation
growth of pubic, body and facial hair
voice changes.