Pre-mature bodies

The modern situation is such that because of excessive (and often bad) nutrition, the youth's bodies are maturing before the rest of them. So even though they may have entered puberty, they are still ten years old in mind, spirit and emotions.

Because of the “mature” bodies, people expect them to be older than they really are. This is hard on them because they cannot live up to these expectations, they can only be as old as they really are.