Home Economics JSS1
Topic: PUBERTY, PERSONAL HYGIENE AND ADOLESCENCE
Contents:
What is Puberty?
Menstruation
Body Odour
Special Needs and Challenges of Adolescents
INTRODUCTION
At about ten to fourteen years of age, different changes take place in the body of both boys and girls. These changes are signs of puberty.
A. WHAT IS PUBERTY?
Puberty is the short span of time which marks the beginning of sexual maturation. This period differs in both boys and girls. Boys gradually reach puberty at about the age of twelve, while girls reach at about ten to eleven.
I. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADOLESCENCE AND ADOLESCENTS
Adolescence is the period in every individual’s life that lies between the end of childhood and beginning of adulthood. It is specially a period in one’s life, when you prepare to be an adult while adolescent is a boy or girl that is passing through the adolescence period.[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”]
II. SIGNS OF PUBERTY
| BOYS | GIRLS |
| There is increase in height | The increase in the girl is rapid, but boys later catch up with them and may overtake them |
| Voice breaks and become deeper and their chest broader | Hips become broader |
| Sex organs develop | Menstruation starts |
| The boys have wet dreams | The breast develops |
III. SIMILAR SIGNS IN BOYS AND GIRLS
- Pimples sometimes appears on their face but they usually disappear after a time
- Hair grows under armpits of both girls and boys and at the lower end of the abdomen, around the reproductive organs, beard around the jaw.
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