... puberty remains within each individual. When you go through adolescence you change in many ways; most common is the biological or physical change that your body endures known as 'puberty'. Girls normally reach the start of puberty first at around the age of 10 during which stage they may experience their first menstruation, whereas, boys tend to develop later, by about 14 years of age, by which time will have encountered their first ejaculation. Additionally, these biological changes are also linked to the physical transformation of the child, for instance, the upsurge of height, breasts maturing, increase in body hair and the final expansion of internal organs. Child Psychologist, Jean Piaget emphasised on the process of maturation and believed that by the 'formal operational stage', between 11 - 15 years of age, or during puberty stage, children can only then have the ability to think theoretically. Furthermore, Elkind classified the concept ...

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