I do remember when my voice started to change. I was listening to a voice recording last night of a voicemail that I had sent to my dad in August 2022 and you could really hear the high-pitched little squeak in my voice and I was like was I really like that when I was 12 or 11.

Pubardy will always be puberty for better. I think the best part was definitely getting

taller. I was pretty insecure about my height in seventh grade or worse and the worst part I

definitely think was the moodiness yeah that hit hard ahead on today explained

kids are going through puberty earlier these days and some new research helps explain why.

And it's okay. The kids are all right. I still have a heck of a lot more of a journey to go through, but I think I'm inching closer day by day to becoming an adult.

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What do you think today explain this?

I don't know.

Prior to the 1990s, data showed that girls on average entered puberty at about 11 years old and boys at about 11 and a half.

But in the last 15 years or so, studies have shown the age is dropping for both boys and

girls with some girls starting puberty at six or seven.

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