Hello eforum,
My son is 16 years old. Between the ages 13-15 my son was really small. He weighed under 100 pounds and was below 5'1. When he turned 16, he started to grow a lot. He is now maybe 110 lbs and 5'6 and has underarm hair and his voice has not totally gotten deeper, but its getting there. He says he has a lot of hair growing in the pubic area, and under his testicles. I used to be worried about this, but I am wondering if i should seek a doctor or someone? Maybe a checkup won't hurt its just he gets really embarressed about this issue when it is brought up. I think he is nervous a lot, he won't take drivers ed because he thinks he looks too young an doesn't want to get picked on. He has friends and is never wants to be home like any regular 16 year old kid.
I worry about him sometimes. He doesn't open up well and i feel he has a hard time expressing his emotions. I want him to be able to talk to me about his problems, but everytime I ask if he has something he wants to talk about he says he has nothing he has to talk about. It is getting quite frequent and I don't know what I should do. He is nervous all the time about meeting new people, and had a problem with sweaty hands, and had have egsama, which was fixed with the prescribed medication drysol.
He gets nervous when people he doesn't know ask his age, sometimes he tells people hes younger because he feels if he tells them he's 16 they will say something or think something and it makes him feel bad. I know he likes girls, but he has a nervous issue with that too. He feels he is trapped in a younger body and he hates watching all of his friends reach 6 foot and higher.

What should I do? Tips and concerns will be highly aprechiated. Thanks.