Is Your Child Growing up Too Fast? Check in Time So That ‘Too Much, Too Young’ Doesn’t Leave you with 'Too Little, Too Late'...
Precocious puberty, which is the medical term for children attaining puberty before the age of eight, is a rather unfortunate reflection of changing lifestyles. It has been linked to obesity, another common cause for concern in the 8 to 18 group. Puberty requires the body to reach a critical weight, and evidence of increase in average body mass index (BMI) in children the world over explains why there are more boys dropping out of church choirs – unable to hit the high notes – and more girls discussing inner wear with their mothers. Early signs of secondary sexual characteristics however are more than a sex education alert, as Dr. Trehan points out, “If a child shows signs of precocious puberty, it is important to get him or her checked, for one, it could be a symptom of a life-threatening disorder. And secondly, precocious puberty prevents the child from reaching his/her maximum adult height, which can be treated.” Timely diagnosis helps check if the bone age and health is at par with sexual maturity, and rule out possibilities of hypothyroidism or even brain abnormalities – tumour, infection, injury – which have been also known to blow the hormonal fuse. Besides, studies putting early ‘maturers’ at greater risk of breast cancer in the later stages are disconcerting enough to consider the trip to the pediatric endocrinologist.
Puberty and teenage years are possibly the most stressful in the parents’ lives, but the fact that they must take the hand of their cherubs and reassure them about the impending world of adulthood can’t be overemphasized. Your precious can be precocious in a lot of better things.
Precocious puberty, which is the medical term for children attaining puberty before the age of eight, is a rather unfortunate reflection of changing lifestyles. It has been linked to obesity, another common cause for concern in the 8 to 18 group. Puberty requires the body to reach a critical weight, and evidence of increase in average body mass index (BMI) in children the world over explains why there are more boys dropping out of church choirs – unable to hit the high notes – and more girls discussing inner wear with their mothers. Early signs of secondary sexual characteristics however are more than a sex education alert, as Dr. Trehan points out, “If a child shows signs of precocious puberty, it is important to get him or her checked, for one, it could be a symptom of a life-threatening disorder. And secondly, precocious puberty prevents the child from reaching his/her maximum adult height, which can be treated.” Timely diagnosis helps check if the bone age and health is at par with sexual maturity, and rule out possibilities of hypothyroidism or even brain abnormalities – tumour, infection, injury – which have been also known to blow the hormonal fuse. Besides, studies putting early ‘maturers’ at greater risk of breast cancer in the later stages are disconcerting enough to consider the trip to the pediatric endocrinologist.
Puberty and teenage years are possibly the most stressful in the parents’ lives, but the fact that they must take the hand of their cherubs and reassure them about the impending world of adulthood can’t be overemphasized. Your precious can be precocious in a lot of better things.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri
and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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