During Middle Childhood, the Increasing Maturity of the Average Girl

question 4

True/False

During middle childhood, the increasing maturity of the average girl causes her to grow more per year in stature and weight than the average boy, which contributes, in part, to the larger size of girls at the start of adolescence.

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