>Jay Belsky, a professor of human development at the University of California, Davis, predicted 25 years ago that growing up under conditions of adversity would

>Jay Belsky, a professor of human development at the University of California, Davis, predicted 25 years ago that growing up under conditions of adversity would accelerate sexual maturation, a prediction borne out by research. Wow! This was a really interesting takeaway that I did not know! I wonder if this contributes to the "bad boy" trope of the "troubled hot guy in highschool". (i.e. he's hit puberty early because of instability at home). I wonder if this also contributes to the "latebloomers" and "nerdy kid" tropes related to coming from more stable environments. Of course there are dozens of more plausible explanations for each, but it'd be neat if this was a statistically significant factor.