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Health Check: do boys really have a testosterone spurt at age four?

  • Written by Kate Steinbeck, Medical Foundation Chair in Adolescent Medicine, University of Sydney
imageThere's lots going on in the lives of four-year-old boys, including how to regulate their emotions. Let's not blame their hormones.from www.shutterstock.com

The idea that four-year-old boys have a spurt of testosterone is often used to explain challenging behaviour at this age.

But how did this idea come about? Is there any truth in it? And if not,...

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