Posted by Larry Hoover on May 31, 2006, at 9:32:54
In reply to childabuse= early puburty in girls, posted by happyflower on May 30, 2006, at 16:50:38
> Today I learned something interesting that kinda of applies to me. We are studing child development and she said that girls from child abuse homes start puburty earlier than other girls. Plus girls who start earlier are less self confident, and preceived by peers as "different" in most cases. Plus they tend to start to hang out with older kids and get into "trouble" more often (pretaining to drugs and sex) in most cases.
> This is the first I heard most of this especially the early puberty thing.
> I didn't do the drugs and sex thing, but everything else would be true.May I try to clarify something? You said "child abuse", but you are really meaning child sexual abuse, are you not?
The sexual tension affects maturation. I have no doubt of that. There is no single outcome, but if you graph it, there is earlier maturation. Some may well delay. There is no one single way things happen.
Lar
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