Growing Up in the Lord:
A Study for Teenage Girls

Tanner Stage Calculator for Girls

This is an experimental program attempting to determine your stage of development. The results will only be as accurate as the answers which you give. Do not expect this to substitute for the accurate answers a doctor could give you concerning your growth.

Your Age:

Growth:

I am steadily growing, but my height hasn't increased rapidly yet.
I am increasing in height faster than before.
I went through a growth spurt, but it seems to have slowed down.
I haven't seen a change in height in over a year.
I'm not certain

When people look at me, I appear more like other children in shape
My feet and hands look too large for my size body
My legs look too long for my sized body
My body proportions are almost like an adult, but I'm more narrow than an adult in the hips
When people look at me, they see someone with an adult shape

I'm chubbier now than I was most of my childhood
I was chubby for a while, but I have slimmed down again
I haven't noticed much change.

Body Hair:

These questions assume what you would have if you did not shave your body hair.

I don't have any hair on my legs or arms
I see very fine hairs on my legs and arms.
I distinctly have hair on my legs and arms

There is no hair under my arms
I see some fine hairs growing in my armpits.
I have some hair under my arms, but it is not thick.
I have a typical amount of underarm hair for adults of my lineage.

There is no hair around my genitals
There are fine hairs growing along my labia
There are hairs growing across my labia, but it looks thin and the color is lighter than my head's hair.
There are hairs growing across my labia, which are course, curly, and darker in color than before.
There are hairs growing across my groin that are thick, and covers from thigh to thigh..

Chest:

I have nipples on my chest that are pale and soft like every other child.
The area around my nipples are sticking out a bit (commonly called breast buds) and there is a ring around the nipples (the areola).
My breasts are swelling beyond the areola and sticking out a bit, but they are not shaped like a woman's breast.
The areola has taken on a darker color and sticks out beyond the rest of the breast, as if on a second mound.
My breasts have smoothed out and now have an adult's shape.

Face:

My face is the same as in childhood.
I'm starting to break out with acne, but it isn't heavy
I have a really bad case of acne.
My acne is still there, but it seems to be fading.
My acne has faded to the point that I only get a few break outs now.

Menstruation:

I haven't had an menstruation (period, or blood flow).
I have menstruations, but they are not predictable -- that is, they don't always come on a regular cycle.
My menstruations are fairly regular -- that is, I can usually predict when the next one will take place.

Estimated Tanner Stage: