Problem:
Think about how old you were when you became aware that you were beginning to experience the changes of puberty. It might have been anywhere from age 8 (grade 3) to sometime in early high school (age 14 or 15). For girls, the most notable event was probably the need to get a bra or shave your legs, beginning your menstrual period, or perhaps the widening of your hips. For boys, you might have been aware of getting pubic hair, the growth of your penis, wet dreams, or the height spurt.
In this discussion forum, post your description of these events, paying particular attention to the following questions:
Try to remember yourself in the year or two before these changes began. What were the pressing issues on your mind? Need Assignment Help?
Once these changes of puberty began and you were aware that you were growing up, what were the most important issues for you?
How would the experience of puberty been different if your timing of onset had been different? To answer this question be sure to factor in what the research suggests about the impact of timing.
In what ways could the adults around you have been more supportive? (The purpose of asking this question is to help you remember what it felt like to be a young teen, and then for everyone in the class to gain insight into what young teens need at this point in their lives.)