What Are the Boys Stages of Puberty?
Fotolia.com”> jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a06/6b/9o/boys_-stages-puberty_-1.1-800X800.jpg’); }); Welcome to the confusing stages of becoming a man. As if the ages of nine or ten aren’t hard enough in a young man’s world, life throws the curve ball of the first stages of puberty. According to Kids’ Health, from the Nemours, one of the largest non-profit organizations devoted to children’s health, the first stages of puberty begin when the hypothalamus releases gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), which makes its way to the pituitary gland in the brain. This causes two more hormones to be released: luteinizing hormone (LH) and follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH). After this change occurs, the young man has officially entered puberty and the carefree world of adolescence is quickly left behind. Genitalia/Genital Hair On average, between the ages of 10 and 13½, a young man’s testicles and scrotal sac
