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Boy/Girl Anatomy - Ack! They are asking!!!
"Gummy Joe" wrote in message . com... I think "private parts" is sort of burdening to a child. It gets the ball rolling toard sexual dystrophy and a fear of real intimacy. I mean, how young does someone have to be for us to start slinging pejorative epithets at their sexual awakening? What's the matter with privacy? I mean, they're not PUBLIC parts, are they? They're private. They belong to the child, and the child doesn't have to share them. What's the matter with privacy? When one becomes an adult, *very* likely, even the healthiest of sexual relationships will be carried on in the privacy of a closed space, not out on a blanket in the middle of a busy park. I, personally, teach the medical names (urethra, vagina, anus or rectum, vulva, labia, smegma) as well as the child's rights: private. If a child wants to touch himself, or herself, *fine*, go ahead, but please do it in private, it's nobody's business but theirs. When they want to make it somebody else's business (hopefully at an age of some maturity), then that will likely be done in private also. What exactly is this 'pejorative epithet' you worry might be slung? A child's genitalia is not a bad secret to be kept, and calling those parts 'private' doesn't make them bad. Making them sexual before the child is mature enough to desire and handle that - now that's bad. --angela |
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Boy/Girl Anatomy - Ack! They are asking!!!
"Gummy Joe" wrote in message . com... I think "private parts" is sort of burdening to a child. It gets the ball rolling toard sexual dystrophy and a fear of real intimacy. I mean, how young does someone have to be for us to start slinging pejorative epithets at their sexual awakening? What's the matter with privacy? I mean, they're not PUBLIC parts, are they? They're private. They belong to the child, and the child doesn't have to share them. What's the matter with privacy? When one becomes an adult, *very* likely, even the healthiest of sexual relationships will be carried on in the privacy of a closed space, not out on a blanket in the middle of a busy park. I, personally, teach the medical names (urethra, vagina, anus or rectum, vulva, labia, smegma) as well as the child's rights: private. If a child wants to touch himself, or herself, *fine*, go ahead, but please do it in private, it's nobody's business but theirs. When they want to make it somebody else's business (hopefully at an age of some maturity), then that will likely be done in private also. What exactly is this 'pejorative epithet' you worry might be slung? A child's genitalia is not a bad secret to be kept, and calling those parts 'private' doesn't make them bad. Making them sexual before the child is mature enough to desire and handle that - now that's bad. --angela |
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Boy/Girl Anatomy - Ack! They are asking!!!
Chotii wrote:
"shirley" wrote in message news:UuFDc.162499$3x.76282@attbi_s54... Kathleen started to develop breasts at 8 and some odd and end hair! Needless to say I rushed her to the doctor who said she was perfectly normal. Since that day she has developed rapidly. At 9.5 (one more month) she is fully matured physically, growing daily and I swear she'll be borrowing my bra's within no time - and my shoes - she wears a size 8.5-9. I have no idea why your doctor considers onset of menarche at 8 to be "perfectly normal". Little girls are not meant to be mature women at the age of 8, or 9, or 10. They're certainly not prepared emotionally to deal with the sexual attention they WILL get as a result of being sexually mature. Not to mention that early puberty puts her at higher risk for breast cancer (and by the way, could have been treated with estrogen-antagonist medication). I think you were right to rush her to the doctor. I think he did you a disservice. http://www.center4policy.org/children11.html http://www.007b.com/early_puberty.php http://www.drgreene.com/21_356.html --angela I don't think Shirley said she had started her period, only that her breasts were growing and her physique was changing, that can start as early as 8, though 8 is on the early side, from experience with my daughters and their friends those that started developing around 9 tended to have their period by 11. Interestingly those girls are very short and stocky/dumpy type physiques, not sure if early development stunts the growth or if a stockier type body shape leads it's self to earlier puberty. I know the earlier you get your period the shorter you will be as once it starts upward growth is slowed considerably (why put energy into going up when you need it for padding and filling) but not sure if their is a correlation with simply pubescent development. A |
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Boy/Girl Anatomy - Ack! They are asking!!!
Chotii wrote:
"shirley" wrote in message news:UuFDc.162499$3x.76282@attbi_s54... Kathleen started to develop breasts at 8 and some odd and end hair! Needless to say I rushed her to the doctor who said she was perfectly normal. Since that day she has developed rapidly. At 9.5 (one more month) she is fully matured physically, growing daily and I swear she'll be borrowing my bra's within no time - and my shoes - she wears a size 8.5-9. I have no idea why your doctor considers onset of menarche at 8 to be "perfectly normal". Little girls are not meant to be mature women at the age of 8, or 9, or 10. They're certainly not prepared emotionally to deal with the sexual attention they WILL get as a result of being sexually mature. Not to mention that early puberty puts her at higher risk for breast cancer (and by the way, could have been treated with estrogen-antagonist medication). I think you were right to rush her to the doctor. I think he did you a disservice. http://www.center4policy.org/children11.html http://www.007b.com/early_puberty.php http://www.drgreene.com/21_356.html --angela I don't think Shirley said she had started her period, only that her breasts were growing and her physique was changing, that can start as early as 8, though 8 is on the early side, from experience with my daughters and their friends those that started developing around 9 tended to have their period by 11. Interestingly those girls are very short and stocky/dumpy type physiques, not sure if early development stunts the growth or if a stockier type body shape leads it's self to earlier puberty. I know the earlier you get your period the shorter you will be as once it starts upward growth is slowed considerably (why put energy into going up when you need it for padding and filling) but not sure if their is a correlation with simply pubescent development. A |
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Boy/Girl Anatomy - Ack! They are asking!!!
Chotii wrote:
"shirley" wrote in message news:UuFDc.162499$3x.76282@attbi_s54... Kathleen started to develop breasts at 8 and some odd and end hair! Needless to say I rushed her to the doctor who said she was perfectly normal. Since that day she has developed rapidly. At 9.5 (one more month) she is fully matured physically, growing daily and I swear she'll be borrowing my bra's within no time - and my shoes - she wears a size 8.5-9. I have no idea why your doctor considers onset of menarche at 8 to be "perfectly normal". Little girls are not meant to be mature women at the age of 8, or 9, or 10. They're certainly not prepared emotionally to deal with the sexual attention they WILL get as a result of being sexually mature. Not to mention that early puberty puts her at higher risk for breast cancer (and by the way, could have been treated with estrogen-antagonist medication). I think you were right to rush her to the doctor. I think he did you a disservice. http://www.center4policy.org/children11.html http://www.007b.com/early_puberty.php http://www.drgreene.com/21_356.html --angela I don't think Shirley said she had started her period, only that her breasts were growing and her physique was changing, that can start as early as 8, though 8 is on the early side, from experience with my daughters and their friends those that started developing around 9 tended to have their period by 11. Interestingly those girls are very short and stocky/dumpy type physiques, not sure if early development stunts the growth or if a stockier type body shape leads it's self to earlier puberty. I know the earlier you get your period the shorter you will be as once it starts upward growth is slowed considerably (why put energy into going up when you need it for padding and filling) but not sure if their is a correlation with simply pubescent development. A |
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Boy/Girl Anatomy - Ack! They are asking!!!
I think "private parts" is sort of burdening to a child. It gets the ball
rolling toard sexual dystrophy and a fear of real intimacy. I don't understand why. We cover our private parts with diapers, bras and underwear because they are private. We ask our children to not pull up their dresses or pull down their pants because they are private. We put doors on bathroom stalls because it's private. What's wrong with a little privacy and teaching that our bodies are private and our own? (rhetorical question) Being modest is not disfunctional. Quite the opposite... Stephanie Jake and Ryan 9/3/99 |
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Boy/Girl Anatomy - Ack! They are asking!!!
I think "private parts" is sort of burdening to a child. It gets the ball
rolling toard sexual dystrophy and a fear of real intimacy. I don't understand why. We cover our private parts with diapers, bras and underwear because they are private. We ask our children to not pull up their dresses or pull down their pants because they are private. We put doors on bathroom stalls because it's private. What's wrong with a little privacy and teaching that our bodies are private and our own? (rhetorical question) Being modest is not disfunctional. Quite the opposite... Stephanie Jake and Ryan 9/3/99 |
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Boy/Girl Anatomy - Ack! They are asking!!!
I think "private parts" is sort of burdening to a child. It gets the ball
rolling toard sexual dystrophy and a fear of real intimacy. I don't understand why. We cover our private parts with diapers, bras and underwear because they are private. We ask our children to not pull up their dresses or pull down their pants because they are private. We put doors on bathroom stalls because it's private. What's wrong with a little privacy and teaching that our bodies are private and our own? (rhetorical question) Being modest is not disfunctional. Quite the opposite... Stephanie Jake and Ryan 9/3/99 |
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Boy/Girl Anatomy - Ack! They are asking!!!
"Unadulterated Me" wrote in message ... I don't think Shirley said she had started her period, only that her breasts were growing and her physique was changing, that can start as early as 8, though 8 is on the early side, from experience with my daughters and their friends those that started developing around 9 tended to have their period by 11. Interestingly those girls are very short and stocky/dumpy type physiques, not sure if early development stunts the growth or if a stockier type body shape leads it's self to earlier puberty. I know the earlier you get your period the shorter you will be as once it starts upward growth is slowed considerably (why put energy into going up when you need it for padding and filling) but not sure if their is a correlation with simply pubescent development. http://www.drgreene.com/21_356.html Well, the Dr. Greene page indicates that height-growth in girls pretty much stops at puberty. Mind you, I remember my breasts beginning to grow around age 12, I didn't start my period until I was 13, and I'm 4'10". I'm afraid to think how short I might have been if I'd started puberty younger! --angela |
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Boy/Girl Anatomy - Ack! They are asking!!!
"Unadulterated Me" wrote in message ... I don't think Shirley said she had started her period, only that her breasts were growing and her physique was changing, that can start as early as 8, though 8 is on the early side, from experience with my daughters and their friends those that started developing around 9 tended to have their period by 11. Interestingly those girls are very short and stocky/dumpy type physiques, not sure if early development stunts the growth or if a stockier type body shape leads it's self to earlier puberty. I know the earlier you get your period the shorter you will be as once it starts upward growth is slowed considerably (why put energy into going up when you need it for padding and filling) but not sure if their is a correlation with simply pubescent development. http://www.drgreene.com/21_356.html Well, the Dr. Greene page indicates that height-growth in girls pretty much stops at puberty. Mind you, I remember my breasts beginning to grow around age 12, I didn't start my period until I was 13, and I'm 4'10". I'm afraid to think how short I might have been if I'd started puberty younger! --angela |
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