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STUDENT 1 POST (PLEASE READ AND GIVE YOUR
FEEDBACK/PERSONAL OPINION AROUND 200 WORDS).
Boys reaching maturity at an earlier age than most suffer both negative and
positive features. The positive aspect is the body image positivity and they tend
to be more popular than other boys due to muscle gain and sport abilities. With
the muscle gain comes facial hair growth, a lower voice and other sexually
driven characteristics that allows them to stand out, and to be more attractive
amongst the female crowd. Another positive aspect was found that early
maturing boys have had more success career wise and in their marriage lives
versus later maturing boys. The negative side of maturing early, is the fall into
early sexual behaviors, delinquency and substance abuse.
Later maturing boys also suffer negative aspects. Late maturing boys are known
to suffer from delinquency and the abuse of alcohol along with lower school
grades, higher levels of drug abuse and deviant behaviors, well into their
adulthood’s. No positive aspects were mentioned for maturing late.
Girls maturing early brought on quite a few problems such as, negative body
images, depressed mood swings, substance abuse problems, eating disorders,
school issues, delinquency, conflict with their parental figures and aggressive
behaviors. Another negative aspect of early maturing girls is the attention drawn
to their figures by the opposite sex, usually older crowds which then leads to
sexual activities before the body is fully ready to endure, delinquency and
substance abuse. Earlier maturing girls may also enter into motherhood and married life sooner than a later maturing girl. It was also reported that girls
maturing early suffered from psychological and social problems, more so than
late maturing girls.
Later maturing girls usually suffer from the typical teasing of late development
but, when their late teen years arrive, they tend to favor their bodies more than
early matured girls. STUDENT 2 POST PLEASE READ AND GIVE FEEDBACK OR PERSONAL
OPINION AROUND 200 WORDS.
According to our textbook, early maturing boys generally enjoy more popularity
among their peers, earlier physical development of their muscles which gives an
added attraction to the girls and better athletic abilities compared to later
maturing boys. Some similarities in developing, early or late, boys are
delinquencies, risky behaviors, and higher sexual activities.
The drawback to a late maturing boy is most likely negative self-image and
teasing from the other boys. Their athletic ability which is a sigh of prestige in
middle and high school is not yet developed. Later in life, alcohol abuse may also
be a problem. From my personal male viewpoint, I know that we males compare
our developed or not yet developed privates in our teen years as an outward sign of
manhood.
As far as early maturing girls, most effects are negative, according to the text. Her
body image is more likely to be negative due to filling out more and perhaps
appearing "thicker" than the thinner late maturing girls. The former also will
experience more episodes of depression compared to the latter. Other risk factors
for early development is parental-child discord and delinquency.
With regards to dealing with a late maturing teen boy or an early maturing teen
girl, I would first and foremost deal with the risks by loving them through it. I
would give them forehand information of what they will be going through and
that we as a family will work through the problems as they arise. The specific
things that I would look for would be unusual anger outbursts, drug abuse and,
perhaps, skipping school. I don't have any specific concrete way to deal with it
at the moment, but rather deal with each problem as they arise accordingly

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