Why modern children grow up quickly

Modern research is increasingly affecting so relevant now. acceleration. What is this?

Acceleration is precociousness Adolescents compared to previous generations. It is manifested in many physical and psychological indicators of the condition of the child's body, such as height, weight and mental development.





Why is knowledge of these indicators so important? The fact that very often in the development of children can be manifested partialityWhich is not necessarily a bad thing. However, it is important for parents to know that their child is fine.





That is why it is worth studying statistics and everything that is somehow related to the development of your child. The problem of growing up Parents often don’t know how normal things are. Is it normal for a child to start reading too early or too late?

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Factors proving accelerated development

1. The appearance of the first teeth. If earlier the first baby teeth appeared about a year, now it can happen as early as three months.
2. Children start much earlier. sit down.
   
   
   
   
3. Milk teeth They can start to change as early as 5 years.
4. Puberty It also starts much earlier. Back in the 80s, girls reached puberty only in 15-16 years. Now this age has decreased to 10-12 years.
   
   
   
   
5. Average height It got much higher. We are about a head taller than our ancestors. The difference in height is about 10 centimeters.
   
   
   
   
6. We stop growing at a much earlier age than our predecessors. Ours. physical development It stops by 16-18 years, whereas a few generations ago this age was 20-22 years. We age much later, too.
   
   
   
   
7. Just like that, and reproductive. Menopause in most women now comes closer to 50 years.

The reasons for such global changes, scientists are divided into two categories. Some researchers argue that the main driver of development is technological progress.





For example, daylight It's much longer than before because we use electricity. In addition, we can almost always maintain a comfortable temperature for our bodies. And medicine goes forward with seven-mile steps.





It is thanks to technological progress that our body can now spend all its resources on mental development. Now there is no need to run away from wild animals or bask in the fires.

We no longer need many defense mechanisms. For example, evolutionarily, women have a much wider pelvis than men. This is due to the fact that all childbirth before was natural and nature itself protected us from the lethal consequences of childbirth.





However, now the pelvis in women is gradually narrowing, because the achievements of modern medicine make childbirth a much more tolerant process. Yeah. maturation It's happening much faster now.

The second reason for acceleration is not so bright and optimistic. Many believe that the way children and adolescents look now is triggered by the chemistry that is added to food, as well as growth hormones, which are abundant in meat.

Share your theories about why acceleration occurs and how good or bad it is.