➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
US: Abuse accelerates puberty in children: Kids who experience sexual abuse develop a year earlier than their non-abused peers
Daily Mail – March 17, 2017
Scientists say that young girls who are emotionally and physically abused hit puberty eight to 12 months earlier than their non-abused peers.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4325474/Sexual-abuse-accelerates-puberty-children.html