Can a ten-year-old have pubic hair?<\/p>\n\t
Yes, if they started puberty early. Girls can start puberty as early as eight, and boys can start puberty as early as nine. For further details, see either:<\/p>\n“What is Happening to Me?<\/a>” in\u00a0Growing Up in the Lord: A Study for Teenage Boys<\/a> Question: Can a ten-year-old have pubic hair? Answer: Yes, if they started puberty early. Girls can start puberty as early as eight, and boys can start puberty as early as nine. For further details, see either: “What is Happening to Me?” in\u00a0Growing Up in the Lord: A Study for Teenage Boys “What is Happening to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1033,1028,1032],"tags":[1044,29,1043],"class_list":["post-14028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adolescence","category-parenting","category-preteen","tag-adolescence","tag-parenting","tag-puberty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13911,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-do-i-prepare-my-nine-year-old-daughter-for-puberty\/","url_meta":{"origin":14028,"position":0},"title":"How do I prepare my nine-year-old daughter for puberty?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 24, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I have a young 9-year-old girl and I'm trying to learn more about how to handle her upcoming puberty. 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\n<\/em>“What is Happening to Me?<\/a>” in\u00a0Growing Up in the Lord: A Study for Teenage Girls<\/a><\/em>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"