Precocious puberty is defined as sexual development beginning before the youngest acceptable age. Which of the following statements is true regarding precocious puberty?
A) The intellectual, emotional, psychosocial, and psychosexual development of these children far exceeds their sexual maturity rating
B) Short stature in adulthood may result from the rapid skeletal maturation attributable to the early secretion of sex hormones
C) The sexually precocious child rarely encounters psychosocial difficulties
D) Precocious puberty is not usually idiopathic in cause