Puberty in girls normally starts between the ages of eight and thirteen. For girls one of the first signs of puberty is their breasts starting to develop. Puberty is when kids develop physically and emotionally into young men and women. Puberty includes the rapid growth of bones and muscles, changes in the bodies shape and size. Usually, this starts to happen in adolescences. Early matures are most likely to get involved with older boys and to have problems with smoking, drinking, drug use, and early sexual activity. One reason for these problems is that the early-maturing girls may enter puberty before they were prepared for it. Girls who mature earlier than the rest of their classmates appear to be more deviant with count on their physical appearance. Early maturing is typically viewed as negative, such as delinquency within the friendship group, association with older peers, and early sexual behavior. Early puberty has been known to put girls at risk for emotional and beh
avioral maladjustment. Some evidence suggests that among early adolescents looking more grown up is positively associated with popularity. While having a reputation as being popular can provide early maturing girls with some social benefits, however this can also have negative peer experiences, such as standing out in comparison to peers, or deviating from the norm, often exposes adolescents to risk of sexual harassment. In the case study it talks about early maturing in a girl a girl named Krista. The case talks about Krista who matured very early for her age, starting back in fourth grade, where Krista had to buy her first training bra. By age ten Krista got her first period. In the sixth grade Krista had matured into a young lady. This case talks about the real-life problems every early girl bloomer goes through, such as teasing and rumors from other girls due to jealously, also receiving unwanted attention from older boys since the early matured girls are more developed.