Question

Yvonne is a 13-year-old 8th grader who is a new student in an urban middle school. She recently moved into the area with her mother and her three siblings. The family moved to be nearer to Yvonne’s grandparents after the breakup of her parents’ relationship. Yvonne is tall for her age and is bothered by the looks and sexual comments about her breasts from boys in her school. She has made few friends at the new school. What does this example illustrate about the ease of the adolescent transition for early-maturing girls like Yvonne

Answer 1

The answer is: Early-maturing girls are more likely to be rejected by girls who are less mature.

Girls who are less mature tend to have different set of thinking compared to girls who are in their early-maturing period.

Girls who are in early-maturing period tend to develop some sort of principles and goals where they can directed their whole effort into. Girls who are less mature will see them as some sort of competition and treated them with rejection or envy.