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Here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by growth spurts it's the

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only time you can reach new heights without doing a darn thing alright [Boy on a couch and mother shouting]

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here's the question what's an accurate statement about

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adolescent and here are potential answers alright well people use the term

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adolescence pretty loosely but all it really means is what happens after

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puberty and before adulthood well this is usually during the teenage years but [Boy standing on a beach]

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there are plenty of preteen early bloomers too you know like those flowers [Kids approach blooming flower]

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that bloom in February noteworthy surprised but probably really confusing

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for the flower okay let's take a look at D and E authoritative parenting establishes

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rules but is also democratic well these parents will explain why the rules are

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rules and often they're more nurturing than punishing they're supportive and [Parents ordering boy to his room]

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assertive but not restrictive sounds like establishing boundaries to us so we

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can cross out E permissive parenting occurs when the parents have few demands [Children jumping up and down]

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of their children expectations are low and there's a not much discipline and

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it's more responsive but less demanding well this is the parent that seems more

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like a friend than a parent and let's be real [Parent waving to children]

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how obligated to obey your friends are you really we can cross that see as for

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a B and C we only need to recall exactly what primary and secondary sex

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characteristics are in order to find our answer well primary sex characteristics

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are the physical characteristics involved in reproduction secondary sex

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characteristics on the other hand are characteristics that serve to

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distinguish the sexes it don't actually aid in reproduction well this includes

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things like voice changes facial hair breath development and you know other [Primary and secondary characteristic examples appear]

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hair let's look at our answer choices here again we have only primary only

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secondary and both well anyone who's ever gone or is currently going through

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puberty knows that during this stage of development everything about your body [Man staring into mirror]

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gets messed up and you feel super horrible all the time you're confused [Girl punches mirror]

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moving and emotional and super hairy lots of stuff is going on

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mostly hair though it only makes sense that during adolescence most people

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experience a growth spurt and develop both primary and secondary sex

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characteristics so C is the correct answer but don't worry we all get

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through it one way or another and don't you upset about the hairiness you'll [Bald man looking into mirror]

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miss it someday when you're polishing your chrome dome

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