Question about pre-puberty (Boy)

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Ok...how can you tell if your child is going through puberty or early

puberty? My son,since age 8 (10yrs now)started developing SIB and

impulsive aggression(pinch,scratch,kick)being destructive.It's been

just lately that these behaviors have returned.I went through many

different meds with him and probably the only one that did anything

to at least stop the SIB was Buspirone.I got an email from another

mom that asked if he was active (sports etc)and that it's a way of

boys releasing all that energy.I got to thinking,he has been

really " hyper " and I've always tried to take him to the park or

something just to run and yell as loud as he wants to since we live

in a townhome and not anywhere for him to just run free.And he's

constantly got his hand down his pants.He's been really agitated and

aggressive here lately.

I've not found a sport for him that he is interested in enough to

engage yet.I tried baseball (challenger league) but he didn't seem to

like it when they got him out there to hit the ball.He's not really

consistant at following direction so he needs 1:1 help to motor him

through the physical part.I'm still looking at some other activities

but I was just wondering what other parents had experienced once they

realized their son was hitting puberty.

Thanks in advance,

Stacey