Let me add a personal perspective from Asia -
American teenage girls do look much older - and act older, in a social sense - than their equivalents in Asia. I don’t know how this can be documented, but thats what I saw.
“American teenage girls do look much older - and act older, in a social sense - than their equivalents in Asia. I don’t know how this can be documented, but thats what I saw.”
So - why do american chinese gymnasts not look 10 when they are 16?
Why do chinese gymnasts from the past appear older at 16 than girls in the last 2 olympics?
Do asians retain baby teeth at 16?
“American teenage girls do look much older - and act older, in a social sense - than their equivalents in Asia. I don’t know how this can be documented, but thats what I saw.”
I’ve spent several months at a time in Asia - Japan, Hong Kong and Thailand. There is no debating there are physical differences. Physical differences are not the sole issue by a long shot here, despite Puget’s insistence on ignoring that fact. And most assuredly American teens and pre-teens are not remotely all walking around looking like high-school girls today versus 10 or 20 years ago, as he also claims.