Home Economics JSS1 Week 5 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
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The onset of puberty—the stage of life in which you become physically mature—is a period when you enter one of life’s greatest transitions. In a sense, you’re moving to a whole new “neighborhood.” The name of which is called Adulthood But the move to adulthood can bring about mixed feelings, and it may not be
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Topic: Puberty What is puberty? Puberty is the period during which growing boys or girls undergo the process of sexual maturation. In other words, puberty is the time when a young person’s sexual and reproductive organs mature. Before any physical changes happen, the body starts making hormones that trigger sexual development and growth. Puberty involves
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Periods are totally normal, and you should never be embarrassed about getting yours! However, I’m sure of anyone who boasts about enjoying her periods. But it’s definitely true that some gals have it easier than others. Menstruation is something women just have to deal with. The bottom line is that your period should never keep
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Hi Admin, This might sound silly, but my issues it that when I’m on my period, I’m really worried that it will leak through my skirt or clothes. I’m the only one in my class who has her period and going through puberty. I don’t want anyone to know about my period, but I’m really
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You’ve probably heard a lot of things from older, more experienced women about your period. You’ve heard stuff like your first period is your rite of passage into being a woman. Some people would talk about how much it sucks. Others would tell you how it’s super special. Everyone will discuss cramps, headaches, bloating, and
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Puberty is the process of physical changes through which a child’s body matures into an adult body capable of sexual reproduction to enable fertilization. It is initiated by hormonal signals from the brain to the gonads: the ovaries in a girl, the testes in a boy. Puberty starts as early as 8 or as late as
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