puberty:

The bridge between childhood and adulthood; the period of life , usually between the ages of 9 and 16 years old, when the body starts growing and changing.
See Also: 17-ketosteroid, acne, adolescence, adolescent growth spurt, age of consent, become a lady, boy, hymenorrhaphy, secondary sex characteristics, wet dream

Quotes Containing puberty:
Uncle Benny (Ned Beatty) peeping on his sunbathing neighbor Storm Reynolds (Sam Jenkins) with a looking glass in Ed and His Dead Mother (1994): ''Sex! That''s what it''s all about. From the onset of puberty it''s what occupies ninety percent of our time, the pursuit of sex , right? Ed, sex is life and if it was a pronoun she''d be IT.''
Uncle Benny (Ned Beatty) peeping on his sunbathing neighbor Storm Reynolds (Sam Jenkins) with a looking glass in Ed and His Dead Mother (1994): 'Sex! That's what it's all about. From the onset of puberty it's what occupies ninety percent of our time, the pursuit of sex , right? Ed, sex is life and if it was a pronoun she'd be IT.'

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