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
There'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.comThe 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,...
