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Hi there.
I'm asking because my almost 8.5 year old daughter has experienced a few changes. She now has sparse underarm hair. At 39, I honestly can't remember when the onset of puberty was. It was probably early because I remember wearing a bra at 10 and I had my first period at 11.
Thanks!
Believe it or not, 7. I remember it well. Dd was playing in the family room when she stopped and asked me what the "bones" were under her nipples. For the next four years they measured the growth of her thigh bones in case she went into the final growth spurt that signals the end of puberty which normally happens 2 years after the onset of puberty. Fortunately, for dd it was more like 4 so she didn't end up short.
It is nutrition, but it is also the growth hormones in all the meat we eat. In the 1950s it was rare for girls to mature before high school. Today it is common in junior high. There is a parallel problem; the disappearance of modesty and the promotion of immorality in all kinds of media.
Old fashioned words, I know, but does anybody dispute that this is true?
Yes. The average age of menarche in 1950 was. 13.1. In 1980 it was 12.5. It hasn't changed much in the past 30 years, as I posted yesterday. Average age of menarche in history, at MUM
You wouldn't believe how mortified the parents are when their babies start growing stuff and there is no outlet to discuss it in real life without mortifying people in the process. This anonymous outlet is a saviour. I don't know you, you don't know me or my daughter.
It is definitely hard for me to believe, because when I had my children, a daughter and son, I knew from the beginning they would experience puberty, just as I did and I didn't need to discuss it with anyone. I wasn't shocked or surprised when it happened. Anyone who is mortified by a child's puberty is in for a difficult life. If a father rejects a daughter growing larger breasts, did he think she would remain a child forever? I realize ignorance is bliss, but sometimes it's ridiculous.
It is definitely hard for me to believe, because when I had my children, a daughter and son, I knew from the beginning they would experience puberty, just as I did and I didn't need to discuss it with anyone. I wasn't shocked or surprised when it happened. Anyone who is mortified by a child's puberty is in for a difficult life. If a father rejects a daughter growing larger breasts, did he think she would remain a child forever? I realize ignorance is bliss, but sometimes it's ridiculous.
You haven't contributed to the main question of the OP. What age did your daughter start puberty? If at 12-13, then you would definitely not understand feelings of parents whose daughters show secondary signs at 7-8 years old. Leering without substance doesn't characterize you well.
It is definitely hard for me to believe, because when I had my children, a daughter and son, I knew from the beginning they would experience puberty, just as I did and I didn't need to discuss it with anyone. I wasn't shocked or surprised when it happened. Anyone who is mortified by a child's puberty is in for a difficult life. If a father rejects a daughter growing larger breasts, did he think she would remain a child forever? I realize ignorance is bliss, but sometimes it's ridiculous.
What does this (or your other post) have to do with my question?
What does this (or your other post) have to do with my question?
It is on toptic to what several have said about being shocked at their children going through puberty and not wanting it to happen.
Between this thread ando the reanimation of the toddler thread.....the only thing am shocked at is the number of parents that are shocked their kids are going to grow up and are upset about it.
It is on toptic to what several have said about being shocked at their children going through puberty and not wanting it to happen.
Between this thread ando the reanimation of the toddler thread.....the only thing am shocked at is the number of parents that are shocked their kids are going to grow up and are upset about it.
I don't think anyone is truly shocked and upset about a kid going through puberty. At least I know that we aren't. If anything, people are just mentioning how fast time flies. That's all. Nothing wrong with that. Truth is, sometimes it does feel like the years pass by very quickly. One minute you blink and instead of the little girl, you see a teenager, then a young adult, and then an adult. My mother still feels that way every now and then about me and I'm 39 - way past childhood.
My daughter's underarms started stinking to high heaven at about 4 years old (!!!!!!!!). She began getting hairs in womanly places around 7. Started wearing a training bra around 8/9. She just turned 11 and no period yet, surprisingly. The way we were going I was expecting it at 9/10.
She's always been thin as a rail too, and she doesn't drink milk, so none of those common tropes explain it.
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and there is no outlet to discuss it in real life without mortifying people in the process. This anonymous outlet is a saviour. I don't know you, you don't know me or my daughter.
