Question

What is puberty?What is it caused by?What changes occur in boys and girls during puberty?

Answer 1

The rate of general body growth beings to slow down , reproductive tissues begin to mature . This period during adolescence is called puberty .

It is caused due to the harmons .

changes in girls - breast size begins to increase , darkning of nipples and menstruate cycle beings .

changes in boys - they begin to have thick hair growth on face , their voice begin to crack , penis occasionally begins to become enlarged and erect either in daydreams or at nightmare .

Answer 2

Growth and development in puberty consists of changes in emotions, personality, behavior, thinking, and speech

Puberty in females can start from ages of 9 and 14 and in males between the ages of 10 to 17 years

Physical appearance of both boys and girls changes during puberty and each develops stronger sexual characteristics

From birth to old age a person’s body changes constantly. Growth and development in puberty consists of not only physical changes, but changes in emotions, personality, behavior, thinking, and speech as well. In other words, your boy or girl is a child before puberty and by the end of puberty he or she becomes an adolescent. During these years they are expected to ‘mature’ or change from thinking, feeling, adjusting and acting like a child to ways of a grown up.