Girls starting puberty as early as 4 years old

I know a woman this happened to. Her daughter went to the same school as
my kids when they were younger. She started developing when she was 5.
The woman freaked but didn't tell anyone. She just started quietly shaving
her daughter's pubic hair and fashioning little kotex pads out of kleenex.
All went well until the child had an "accident" at school and the teacher
discovered blood on her underwear. Apparently the woman had also
accidentally cut her daughter when she was shaving her pubic hair off and
the teacher saw the scar and the blood and thought the child was being
abused at home. She called the principal and the school notified the
police and there was a big brouhaha and the mother almost got arrested
until she finally told her secret that her daughter was going through
puberty early and she had wanted her to fit in with all the other kids.
Apparently this is getting more and more common now. My sister's neighbor
told her that her daughter is only 7 and already she has breasts and pubic
hair and has been getting her menstruation for almost a year. On the other
hand when I was growing up there was a girl in my class who never
developed. She was a junior in high school and still didn't have breasts
or pubic hair or her menstruation. Her parents took her to some
specialists and they artifically induced her puberty with drugs. By the
time we graduated she still looked about 12 years old.

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Puberty Hitting Girls as Young as 4 Years Old
Experts Say Environment, Genetics May Be Factor

Oct. 27, 2006 - - Most parents would agree that their kids always seem
to grow up too quickly, but now, puberty is hitting young girls
earlier than ever.

Nearly half of African-American girls start showing signs of puberty
by 8 years old, and some American girls are developing as young as 5,
even 4 years old, experts say.

Skyla Jones is an energetic 5-year-old from Georgia who loves to play.

Last year, her mother, Melissa Jones, noticed Skyla was tired all the
time, had a body odor, and had blood in her urine.

"I didn't know what was going on," Jones said. "I just went ahead and
thought she had a kidney infection. And we went on antibiotics and
still it didn't clear it up."

Skyla was eventually sent to Andrew Muir, a pediatric endocrinologist
at the Medical College of Georgia, who knew exactly what was going on.

Skyla was menstruating and was experiencing other unmistakable signs
of puberty.

"That's what he told me that it was -- that she was having a menstrual
cycle," Jones said. "I was really freaked out."

Studies have tracked an increasing trend of early sexual development.

By age 8, almost half of African-American girls and 15 percent of
Caucasian girls start developing pubic hair or breasts.

"The switch that normally gets turned on for pubertal development gets
turned on too early," said Dr. Diane Stafford of Children's Hospital
in Boston.

Until recently most doctors didn't expect to see these signs until age
10.

"It can have many causes," Muir said. "Some are related to genetics,
environmental factors, and sometimes we just don't know why it
happens."

For Skyla, a thyroid problem caused her symptoms.

While she was too young to really understand what was happening, her
mother worried that other kids might.

"I was worried kids would make fun of her because kids are cruel,"
Jones said.

Because Skyla started treatment for her thyroid problem, all her
symptoms have gone away.

Muir expects her next experience with puberty to be at a more
reasonable age.

It's the hormones in the food. Are boys developing this early too?

michelle wrote:
I know a woman this happened to. Her daughter went to the same school as
my kids when they were younger. She started developing when she was 5.
The woman freaked but didn't tell anyone. She just started quietly shaving
her daughter's pubic hair and fashioning little kotex pads out of kleenex.
All went well until the child had an "accident" at school and the teacher
discovered blood on her underwear. Apparently the woman had also
accidentally cut her daughter when she was shaving her pubic hair off and
the teacher saw the scar and the blood and thought the child was being
abused at home. She called the principal and the school notified the
police and there was a big brouhaha and the mother almost got arrested
until she finally told her secret that her daughter was going through
puberty early and she had wanted her to fit in with all the other kids.
Apparently this is getting more and more common now. My sister's neighbor
told her that her daughter is only 7 and already she has breasts and pubic
hair and has been getting her menstruation for almost a year. On the other
hand when I was growing up there was a girl in my class who never
developed. She was a junior in high school and still didn't have breasts
or pubic hair or her menstruation. Her parents took her to some
specialists and they artifically induced her puberty with drugs. By the
time we graduated she still looked about 12 years old.

"s t a t" wrote in message
news:k52fk216nuckeqbnglgds30cltpdg63amk@news...
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2610353

Puberty Hitting Girls as Young as 4 Years Old
Experts Say Environment, Genetics May Be Factor

Oct. 27, 2006 - - Most parents would agree that their kids always seem
to grow up too quickly, but now, puberty is hitting young girls
earlier than ever.

Nearly half of African-American girls start showing signs of puberty
by 8 years old, and some American girls are developing as young as 5,
even 4 years old, experts say.

Skyla Jones is an energetic 5-year-old from Georgia who loves to play.

Last year, her mother, Melissa Jones, noticed Skyla was tired all the
time, had a body odor, and had blood in her urine.

"I didn't know what was going on," Jones said. "I just went ahead and
thought she had a kidney infection. And we went on antibiotics and
still it didn't clear it up."

Skyla was eventually sent to Andrew Muir, a pediatric endocrinologist
at the Medical College of Georgia, who knew exactly what was going on.

Skyla was menstruating and was experiencing other unmistakable signs
of puberty.

"That's what he told me that it was -- that she was having a menstrual
cycle," Jones said. "I was really freaked out."

Studies have tracked an increasing trend of early sexual development.

By age 8, almost half of African-American girls and 15 percent of
Caucasian girls start developing pubic hair or breasts.

"The switch that normally gets turned on for pubertal development gets
turned on too early," said Dr. Diane Stafford of Children's Hospital
in Boston.

Until recently most doctors didn't expect to see these signs until age
10.

"It can have many causes," Muir said. "Some are related to genetics,
environmental factors, and sometimes we just don't know why it
happens."

For Skyla, a thyroid problem caused her symptoms.

While she was too young to really understand what was happening, her
mother worried that other kids might.

"I was worried kids would make fun of her because kids are cruel,"
Jones said.

Because Skyla started treatment for her thyroid problem, all her
symptoms have gone away.

Muir expects her next experience with puberty to be at a more
reasonable age.

On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:19:47 -0500, "michelle"
puked:

I know a woman this happened to. Her daughter went to the same school as
my kids when they were younger. She started developing when she was 5.
The woman freaked but didn't tell anyone. She just started quietly shaving
her daughter's pubic hair and fashioning little kotex pads out of kleenex.
All went well until the child had an "accident" at school and the teacher
discovered blood on her underwear. Apparently the woman had also
accidentally cut her daughter when she was shaving her pubic hair off and
the teacher saw the scar and the blood and thought the child was being
abused at home. She called the principal and the school notified the
police and there was a big brouhaha and the mother almost got arrested
until she finally told her secret that her daughter was going through
puberty early and she had wanted her to fit in with all the other kids.
Apparently this is getting more and more common now. My sister's neighbor
told her that her daughter is only 7 and already she has breasts and pubic
hair and has been getting her menstruation for almost a year. On the other
hand when I was growing up there was a girl in my class who never
developed. She was a junior in high school and still didn't have breasts
or pubic hair or her menstruation. Her parents took her to some
specialists and they artifically induced her puberty with drugs. By the
time we graduated she still looked about 12 years old.

Weren't they suspicious when she acted like a total bitch once a
month?
--
lab~rat :-)
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lab~rat :-) wrote:
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:19:47 -0500, "michelle"
puked:

I know a woman this happened to. Her daughter went to the same school as
my kids when they were younger. She started developing when she was 5.
The woman freaked but didn't tell anyone. She just started quietly shaving
her daughter's pubic hair and fashioning little kotex pads out of kleenex.
All went well until the child had an "accident" at school and the teacher
discovered blood on her underwear. Apparently the woman had also
accidentally cut her daughter when she was shaving her pubic hair off and
the teacher saw the scar and the blood and thought the child was being
abused at home. She called the principal and the school notified the
police and there was a big brouhaha and the mother almost got arrested
until she finally told her secret that her daughter was going through
puberty early and she had wanted her to fit in with all the other kids.
Apparently this is getting more and more common now. My sister's neighbor
told her that her daughter is only 7 and already she has breasts and pubic
hair and has been getting her menstruation for almost a year. On the other
hand when I was growing up there was a girl in my class who never
developed. She was a junior in high school and still didn't have breasts
or pubic hair or her menstruation. Her parents took her to some
specialists and they artifically induced her puberty with drugs. By the
time we graduated she still looked about 12 years old.

Weren't they suspicious when she acted like a total bitch once a
month?


And the sign the boys are going thru puberty...they act like *******s
ALL the time? Until women start causing the mayhem males do, stop with
the sexist crap.


--
lab~rat :-)
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On 1 Nov 2006 20:19:32 -0800, puked:


lab~rat :-) wrote:
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:19:47 -0500, "michelle"
puked:

I know a woman this happened to. Her daughter went to the same school as
my kids when they were younger. She started developing when she was 5.
The woman freaked but didn't tell anyone. She just started quietly shaving
her daughter's pubic hair and fashioning little kotex pads out of kleenex.
All went well until the child had an "accident" at school and the teacher
discovered blood on her underwear. Apparently the woman had also
accidentally cut her daughter when she was shaving her pubic hair off and
the teacher saw the scar and the blood and thought the child was being
abused at home. She called the principal and the school notified the
police and there was a big brouhaha and the mother almost got arrested
until she finally told her secret that her daughter was going through
puberty early and she had wanted her to fit in with all the other kids.
Apparently this is getting more and more common now. My sister's neighbor
told her that her daughter is only 7 and already she has breasts and pubic
hair and has been getting her menstruation for almost a year. On the other
hand when I was growing up there was a girl in my class who never
developed. She was a junior in high school and still didn't have breasts
or pubic hair or her menstruation. Her parents took her to some
specialists and they artifically induced her puberty with drugs. By the
time we graduated she still looked about 12 years old.

Weren't they suspicious when she acted like a total bitch once a
month?


And the sign the boys are going thru puberty...they act like *******s
ALL the time? Until women start causing the mayhem males do, stop with
the sexist crap.

What's the matter sweetie, that time of month?
--
lab~rat :-)
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On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:17:04 +0100, Magda puked:

On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 13:01:36 GMT, in alt.gossip.celebrities, "lab~rat :-)"
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

... On 1 Nov 2006 20:19:32 -0800, puked:
...
...
... lab~rat :-) wrote:
... On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:19:47 -0500, "michelle"
... puked:
...
... I know a woman this happened to. Her daughter went to the same school as
... my kids when they were younger. She started developing when she was 5.
... The woman freaked but didn't tell anyone. She just started quietly shaving
... her daughter's pubic hair and fashioning little kotex pads out of kleenex.
... All went well until the child had an "accident" at school and the teacher
... discovered blood on her underwear. Apparently the woman had also
... accidentally cut her daughter when she was shaving her pubic hair off and
... the teacher saw the scar and the blood and thought the child was being
... abused at home. She called the principal and the school notified the
... police and there was a big brouhaha and the mother almost got arrested
... until she finally told her secret that her daughter was going through
... puberty early and she had wanted her to fit in with all the other kids.
... Apparently this is getting more and more common now. My sister's neighbor
... told her that her daughter is only 7 and already she has breasts and pubic
... hair and has been getting her menstruation for almost a year. On the other
... hand when I was growing up there was a girl in my class who never
... developed. She was a junior in high school and still didn't have breasts
... or pubic hair or her menstruation. Her parents took her to some
... specialists and they artifically induced her puberty with drugs. By the
... time we graduated she still looked about 12 years old.
...
... Weren't they suspicious when she acted like a total bitch once a
... month?
...
...
... And the sign the boys are going thru puberty...they act like *******s
... ALL the time? Until women start causing the mayhem males do, stop with
... the sexist crap.
...
... What's the matter sweetie, that time of month?

With guys like you, every day is that time of the month.

OH FOR CHRIST SAKE, ITS JUSTA FRICKIN JOKE!!!
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