Posted 8/10/2010 09:46:00 PM by Douglas

So puberty starts earlier in girls nowdays, even earlier than it did 10 years ago. Ok, I can see a downside to that, but let's have an article that was written to idiots to explain that fact. Can we?

More common than you might think. Fifteen percent of the 1,239 girls studied between 2004 and 2006 showed signs of breast development at age 7, including 23 percent of African American girls, and 10 percent of Caucasians (up from just 5 percent in a landmark 1997 study).

Ok, I'm scared now. Why?

Early puberty is also simply confusing, increasing the odds that girls will develop low self-esteem, eating disorders, and depression — which, in turn, can trigger premature sexual activity.

And that's where you lost me. The problems with millions of girls hitting puberty before they're ready is a problem but because it leads to low self-esteem, eating disorders, depression and sexual activity? I had not idea that's what caused it. I also are all women a few mg/L of estrogen from a low self-esteem eating disorder, or blowing a guy in the alley? This article would have me believe that they are. It's good that men generally hold the decorum in society:

Beyond that, make sure you talk to your daughter about how to deal with advances from older boys or even grown men. "They don't necessarily think, oh, here is an 8-year-old girl," says Walker. "They say oh, look... she has breasts, she's old enough."

Oh right, we don't. Men just walk around all day looking for things to cram their wieners in, regardless of age. As long as there are boobs. Depressed, low self-esteem, eating disordered boobs.