Archive for the '1.5 The teen years' Category

If you’re a teenager

The teens take you chronologically from the thirteenth to the nineteenth birthday. During this phase a child into an adult. The teens begin with biologically puberty, the period of sexual reproduction for the first time, physically active as possible and then they will continue up until the social and spiritual maturity is reached. The growth [...]

Normal growth and development

 Boys usually grow faster than girls. When girls begin the accelerated growth averaged around the tenth year in boys and begins on average about twelve years. Generally this growth reaches its peak about two years later. You can then between 7.5 and 10 centimeters per year growth. When the growth spurt ends, the length is [...]

Sexual changes in boys

During the teen years, the body of a child into sexual maturity.  Before any changes are to be seen there for both girls and boys has been a substantial change in the functioning of hormones. These are a lot harder because they already had some preliminary work to do. This preliminary work, for which changes [...]

Sexual changes in girls

Before any changes are to be seen there for both girls and boys has been a substantial change in the functioning of hormones. These are a lot harder because they already had some preliminary work to do. This preliminary work, for which, among other changes include the development of the breasts, the development of pubic [...]

Nutrition during the teen years

Parents often feel that teens, as a group, are vulnerable in terms of nutrition. Teenagers often get a sermon from their parents when they have to eat sensibly. Parents have this idea due to the fact that sweets and snacks easily available and because of reports that show that teens often do not eat well. [...]

Intellectual growth and development

Your body and your mind change during adolescence that of a child to that of an adult. The physical changes and mental changes are not always given equal priority, but may be in a distinctly different pace. At the beginning of your teenage years you still think like a child and at the end of [...]

Psychological changes

In early adolescence, you may start at home to experiment with another way to behave and dress. Before you try anything on the outside, you will seek the approval of other family members to acquire. It may be that you have a few tentative attempts to confirm your independence. It may be that fewer family [...]