Boys Now Enter Puberty Younger, Study Suggests, but It’s Unclear Why

Summary:
1. Puberty in boys is occurring 6 months to 2 years before what the doctors benchmark was decades ago (11 1/2 years).
2. The same goes for females as research shows that breasts are starting to develop sooner than ever recorded before.
3. This is nor good or bad because there seems to be no benefits or consequences for this other than them growing up faster.

Opinion:

          In America, recent studies have shown that males and females are entering puberty earlier than ever recorded before. The standard age for doctors' assumption is about 11 1/2 years old. With these new results, males are starting to develop up to 2 years before the standard age for puberty to start. Females are the same as well as doctors are seeing that females are starting to develop earlier as well. This is important because of the abnormality of this matter and it begs the question: How young will our children be when they start to develop?

          Me going through puberty myself (turning 15 in December) I feel that if my children were 9 or 10 and starting  to enter puberty, I would not have any thoughts about it because there is nothing that I can do, as this is just a natural part of early life (it's just happening earlier).

          This is not an urgent issue or anything life threatening for these adolescents, but is this just an unexplained blip in the radar or is this the start of something big and life changing for children?

Nick Bell