| Puberty can be a difficult time for children. Not quite | | | | accompanied by huge mood swings, which can be |
| kids anymore and not really adolescents they are | | | | disconcerting fro parents. The onset of puberty is not |
| caught in the middle in type of limbo. It is a sad time for | | | | so obvious for boys. The first physical sign boys may |
| many young people too. Many look back at their | | | | notice is the enlargement of the testes, followed by |
| childhood and realise that they can never really act the | | | | growth of pubic hair. Testosterone, the male hormone, |
| same way yet they look ahead and realise that | | | | also affects mood swings but it arguably leads to |
| adolescence will present them with its own peculiar | | | | increased energy and boisterousness. Many parents |
| challenges.Children are reaching adolescence earlier | | | | discover that their pre-teen son delights in wrestling |
| than ever. The World Health Organisation estimates | | | | with siblings or even his father in what is a sort of test |
| that in developing countries puberty begins about three | | | | of strength. Paradoxically, many early teen boys need |
| months earlier every ten years. It is a stage when the | | | | more sleep and eat parents out of house and |
| maturity gap between girls and boys is quite evident - | | | | home.Pre teens have a need for greater privacy so |
| about two years.Puberty is a time of immense body | | | | they spend more and more time in bedrooms, locked |
| changes. The male and sex hormones are different | | | | in bathrooms or arguing with younger siblings about |
| and set off different development in girls and boys. | | | | personal space. |
| Bodily changes are more evident for girls are | | | | |