The Research on Gender Differences in Self-Esteem Is Best Described

The research on gender differences in self-esteem is best described as showing that:

A) girls have lower global self-esteem than boys in middle childhood and this continues into adolescence
B) girls have lower global self-esteem than boys in middle childhood but this difference disappears by adolescence
C) girls have lower global self-esteem than boys in middle childhood but boys have lower global self-esteem by adolescence
D) girls have higher global self-esteem than boys in middle childhood and this continues into adolescence