GIRL TO WOMAN

foreign my cousins get to do things because they're boys and they get to go places it's night time and then I they leave me in the house and I ask and I go but they say no because I they said that I was because I was younger and I was a girl there's this guy that was going with this girl and then he wanted to go with me so he broke up with her he went with me and then he broke up with me and went back to the other girl and I was really really upset I'm so depressed I started crying guys already did all kinds of weird yeah there's so many different feelings they don't know what they're going to do yeah mostly guys aren't mature enough we really aren't mature enough to know what we're gonna do either just do it you know sometimes you wish you were flat chested sometimes you wish you weren't you know and then there's sometimes when you wish you're glad you are because of the guys they look at you for that reason but when that fact is broken I was happy it was a new experience like you can talk to the guys sometimes they're really good friends but you know you can't talk to the same things as girls oh it depends on guys like if you have a really good friend of a guy like you'll talk about them lots of stuff uh-huh I know but if it's a guy you like you know you're not gonna talk about that like I'm developing growing up from girl to Woman there's so much to get used to this is the time when a whole new set of feelings unfolds feelings about yourself and boys and your maturing body a time of change one of the changes is a speed up in the rate of growth however two girls of the same age may have very different timetables one is just starting her growth spurt while the other started two years ago some girls begin adolescence at nine or ten years others as late as 15 or 16. these girls are both age 10. now 11 12 13 14. 15. at 16 one is physically mature the other still has years to grow both are perfectly normal because boys on the average mature later than girls some girls will be taller for a while than many boys their age who would you rather go with a guy's taller than your shorter well it depends on if you love love or like a guy that's short in music it doesn't matter and if you love her like a guy that's taller than me you see but yeah but you know a guy that's like a whole bunch taller than you like like a basketball player he's This Tall you you know much taller but you talking about people that's around about three years causing people that you know going with other people that are midgets I mean they're really small some people mind not being the same size and shape as most of their friends if you're one of those take heart you're perfectly normal in three or four years differences in height and size and shape will be much less than during adolescence another change that happens at adolescence is in the skin there are glands in the skin that produce perspiration over most of the body when you exercise or when you get hot cheers these sweat glands begin working at Birth and go on working all your life but at adolescence a different kind of sweat gland begins to work these new glands work much more when you're nervous tense or afraid their concentrate in the body in a few places for instance under the arms perspiration from these glands may have a strong odor you probably need to bathe or shower more often than before adolescence and also to change your clothes more frequently the condition called acne is another of the changes in the skin that sometimes occurs at adolescence here is a drawing showing a cross-section of the skin there are countless glands in the skin called sebaceous glands each one opens into a hair follicle the channel from which a hair grows a sebaceous gland produces an oily substance that passes up the hair follicle to the Skin's surface when a girl reaches adolescence these glands increase the production of oil much more in some people than in others also during adolescence the skin begins to grow more rapidly and here and there will obstruct some of the openings the oily material mixed with particles of skin clogs and hardens forming a plug when the plug remains it darkens and becomes what we know the blackhead since the sebaceous gland continues to produce oil it may eventually cause the hair follicle to break the skin becomes red and swollen and finally a small infection may start multiply this several times and you have acne the best way to keep acne under control is by washing thoroughly with a mild soap and warm water two or three times a day this removes oil and helps to clear pores that are beginning to plug sometimes doctors recommend special soaps to help remove the oil from the skin if you have acne there's one other thing you can do to help it be healthy [Music] sounds a little too slow try this eat good food get plenty of rest get lots of exercise when you're healthy your skin is healthy try it all of these outer changes in height and figure and skin are indications of profound interchanges that have been going on for two or three years a girl is started on the way to Womanhood by the action of this small gland at the base of the brain the pituitary it is a sort of growth clock that sets off a signal in different girls at different ages the pituitary gland sends out a special hormone that causes the reproductive organs to develop as the ovaries grow they begin to produce other hormones it's these new hormones that bring about various changes in the body during the next few years the breasts develop body hair appears most noticeably under the arms and in the pubic region and hips grow broader the most important changes however are those in the reproductive system only a few of the parts are at the surface of the body the labia the soft folds that cover the inner organs the hymen or maidenhead a ring of tissue that frequently but not always extends around the entrance to the vagina and the clitoris a small highly sensitive organ this opening is the urethra the tube leading from the urinary bladder although it has its Outlet here it's not part of the reproductive system the vagina is the canal that leads to the actual organs of reproduction these organs are the uterus or womb the fallopian tubes and the ovaries under the influence of the hormones all of the inner organs have been developing along with breasts and hips getting ready part of this gradual change happens in the ovaries where thousands of eggs or OVA have been developing at last one of them is released during the next few days it moves along the fallopian tube toward the uterus meanwhile the walls of the uterus prepare to receive and nourish the ovum if it should be fertilized the lining gets thicker and the blood supply increases when the egg is not fertilized the extra lining discharges from the body along with some blood this discharge menstruation begins about two weeks after the ovum leaves the ovary it usually lasts from three days to a week or even more menstrual or monthly periods usually happen about every four weeks however they are likely to be quite irregular for the first two or three years while a girl is still maturing and later a cycle of perhaps five weeks or of three weeks is perfectly normal it takes time to get used to the changes of adolescence which at first may seem so strange however for many girls menstruation brings no problems and little discomfort only the extra care needed for cleanliness the best way to prevent ordinary mild menstrual cramps is just plain good health plenty of sleep and plenty of the kind of exercise that you are used to by this normal cycle the organs are repeatedly prepared for burying a child the development of a baby begins when an ovum encounters sperm during the first day or two let's trace the path by which sperm arrive from the sexual organs of the male here is the penis and here are the testicles the parts outside the body from each testicle a duct leads into the body where it joins the urethra the tube leading from the bladder through the penis each testicle is packed with tubes the walls of these tubes are lined with special cells when a boy reaches adolescence they begin to grow and develop into the male sex cells called sperm or spermatozoa millions of sperm develop in a short time since this growth happens constantly along more than a mile of tubes contained within the testicles the millions of sperm are moved along filling other coil tubes and the duct leading into the body fluid from certain glands mixes with the sperm the sperm-filled fluid is called semen in preparation for passing the sperm the penis becomes congested with blood and erect muscular contractions Force the semen into the urethra and out of the body it is Nature's Way of passing the male sperm into the female vagina during sexual intercourse here are the live sperm shown under a microscope they are able to propel themselves by lashing their long tails within a short time after intercourse sperm in the vagina Propel themselves through the uterus and into the fallopian tubes if the sperm meets an ovum one of them will penetrate the ovum wall and fertilize it now when a fertilized ovum reaches the uterus it embeds itself in the wall that is prepared for it the growth of the baby begins but before a girl becomes a woman she will need to mature fully she will need time to get used to all the changes in her body in her feelings there are new sexual feelings new feelings about boys new uncertainties and New Joys it takes time to get you all the changes it takes time [Applause] [Music] [Applause] thank you