Puberty in Girls: Boobs and More

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00:00:06,240 --> Hi, there.
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00:00:07,340 --> How are you doing?

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00:00:08,570 --> I hope you know why I asked you here today.
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00:00:11,000 --> Great.

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00:00:11,720 --> I suppose we should start from the beginning.

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00:00:14,090 --> From the moment we are conceived, we are growing.

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00:00:16,850 --> We start out as babies, then grow into children

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00:00:21,380 --> At this point, our pituitary gland--

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00:00:23,570 --> located inside the brain--

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00:00:25,430 --> starts producing a special kind of hormone.

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00:00:28,220 --> Hormones are a specific kind of chemical in our

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00:00:30,980 --> that act like little messengers.

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00:00:32,750 --> They talk to other parts of your body and signal
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00:00:34,880 --> for them to get ready to change.
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00:00:37,280 --> Your bones will stop growing in some ways

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00:00:39,670 --> and start growing in others.
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00:00:41,150 --> Your breasts will start to develop,

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00:00:42,920 --> you'll start growing pubic hair, and your ovaries
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00:00:45,410 --> will begin preparing for menstruation.

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00:00:47,971 --> You may find that at the beginning of the school
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00:00:49,970 --> year, some of your classmates might already

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00:00:52,160 --> have started developing their breasts and hips.

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00:00:54,680 --> They begin by developing what is known as breast

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00:00:58,760 --> Rachel, what's wrong?

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00:01:00,195 --> Oh, you've got plenty of time.

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00:01:05,000 Girls begin developing at a whole range of ages-
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00:01:08,300 10, 14, 15, some even later.

00:01:08,300 --> It's not a race.

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00:01:09,700 --> You'll also find that some of your friends

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an egg.

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00:01:20,120 --> The egg travels down the fallopian tube, where
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00:01:28,070 --> your uterus sheds the lining and it leaves

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00:01:37,820 --> Let's take a moment to talk about hygiene.

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00:01:40,130 --> As you get older, you're going to start having a

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00:01:47,580 --> will be your armpits, feet, and private areas.

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00:01:51,560 --> Sometimes you'll even start developing acne.

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00:02:00,650 you're gross.

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00:02:06,491 --> Time to hit the showers.
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00:02:28,040 teachers,

00:02:28,040 --> your parents, your guardians, or pretty much

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00:02:30,440 --> any adult you trust.

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00:02:32,037 --> While it's important to discuss what's

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00:02:35,540 --> they're all new to this, too, and they won't
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00:02:39,110 --> Or even worse, they might try to make something

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00:02:43,760 --> Yes, girls fart, too.

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00:02:45,950 --> It's OK to not know things.
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00:02:50,060 That's what I'm here for.