Early Maturation In Matolescence

Maturation can be referred to as a process through which development is attained throughout a lifespan. Each child maturation experiences are different at the onset of puberty, even children from same family. The average age for maturation is 11yrs for girls and 12yrs for boys. For some children, their maturation can be said to be early while some could be later. Early maturation is when a child begins to exhibits puberty signs before the age of 8yrs old for girls and before the age of 9yrs for boys. Late maturation is when signs of puberty are not exhibited at the age of 13yrs or after in girls and 14yrs or after in boys. They are physiological changes in an individual’s height, weight, body composition, sex characteristics, and circulatory

As a result they are easily soldered with responsibilities they are not well prepared for a times. For example Boys in this category tend to be more popular and among their peers and are easily nominated for leadership roles, this in turn influences the teenager’s confidence to take greater leadership roles. On the other hand girls looking older than their real age may become victims of sexual harassment due to their developing bodies. Late maturation in adolescent brings about self-consciousness in most of these young people in the essence that they begin to see themselves as been different from others. Most times they feel inferior or they start developing negative feelings about themselves wondering why they are not measuring up to others of same age group. “ Physical awkwardness often results from growth asynchronies; young people can feel embarrassed and self-conscious about the sexualisation of their bodies or their perceived inadequacies in terms of often unrealistic body ideals”(Susan2). They tend to have a lot of question going on in there mind pertaining to their lack of physical changes in their body. But where they are being well informed about these changes it can be a good opportunity to get them well prepared for the changes in the body that will eventually take place in a matter of

“Understanding the nature of brain development in adolescence helps explain why adolescents can vacillate
so often between mature and immature behavior”(Laurence5). 
A child might not be matured enough to face peer pressures he or she will be faced with. This can lead to armful life decisions some of which might be irreversible and the effects of some of these decisions can be life threatening. For example a boy of 13years old who decides to leave home because he felt his parents are impossible will be faced with the pressure of meeting is basic needs which he might not be capable of handling all by himself. As a result he joins himself to peer groups of like manner who might introduce him to negative vices, which he will readily go along with in other to survive. Unfortunately even this very survival he seeks is not guaranteed. Late maturation in this sense will allow the child to be more prepared to face the world, to take better decisions and be able to weigh the pro and corns of the aftermath of a decision before diving into it. “Scientists are beginning to understand how the psychological changes of adolescence are linked to brain maturation” (Laurence1). A child will be able to learn from the experience of others ahead and if such a child is wise enough, he or she will be able to avoid the portholes others fell into when making a similar