Up until the age of nine or ten years, there is little difference in the physical appearance of a boy or a girl, except the genitals. Boys and girls behave differently but this is mostly as a result of 'socialisation' or the way other people have molded the child to behave like a girl or like a boy. From the age of eight years, two or three years before puberty, growth hormones are released within …showed first 75 words of 306 total…

…showed last 75 words of 306 total…for puberty by explaining what is likely to happen to them as they enter puberty. Many parents assume this information is communicated at school. The fact is that information gathered at school is often coloured by myth from other children and is not always as useful as it is assumed to be. By being prepared children can avoid the obvious trauma and embarrassment these events can cause if the child is ignorant about these events.