The Greatest Story Never Told
One day last year when her daughter, Ainsley, was 9, Tracee Sioux pulled her out of her elementary school in Fort Collins, Colo., and drove her an hour south, to Longmont, in hopes of finding a satisfying reason that Ainsley began growing pubic hair at age 6. Ainsley was the tallest child in her third-grade class. She had a thick, enviable blond-streaked ponytail and big feet, like a puppy’s. The curves of her Levi’s matched her mother’s.
Modern Mom Parenting October 3, 2011 Somewhere during the first week of school, I noticed that my daughter was not acting like herself. “Herself” is usually (not always, but usually) a bubbly, happy, confident, energetic kid who generally tends to let things roll off her back. But during that first week of school, she seemed Continue Reading …
Bitch Media
Social Commentary post by Holly Grigg-Spall,
March 12, 2010
University of Massachusetts professor Chris Bobel is the author of the soon to be released book New Blood: Third-Wave Feminism and the Politics of Menstruation. In this two-part interview she unpacks periods and the activism, advertising and controversy that makes them so very personal and so very political.
How did you come to see menstruation as more than a personal matter?
A slogan menstrual activists use is ‘We’re Making Bleedin’ Everyone’s Issue.’ As women, we are expected to keep our periods hidden and silenced. We internalize this attitude, and police each other: Women learn to hate their bodies, seeing them through racism, ageism and sexism as problems to be fixed through constant ‘improvements’ – that too big nose, too-dark skin, too-narrow eyes, tiny breasts, fat butt. And now we can ‘improve’ the body even more – we can eliminate menstruation altogether with pills such as Lybrel and Seasonique.
Daily Independent
Nigeria
July 16, 2011
The reality in recent times that there is a rapid decline in the age at menarche, that is, age at which young girls see their menstruation as well as increased schooling among girls are two key events that have prolonged the period of adolescence.
Increased schooling in particular has made teenagers less dependent on parents and family, and has postponed the age at marriage, and thereby the age of socially sanctioned sexual relations.
Dr. Peter Nieman
Globe and Mail Update
Published Friday, May. 13, 2011 12:01AM EDT
The question
Is it possible that my tween daughter is experiencing the hormonal cycle of menstruation, without actually menstruating? Her mood swings have escalated, and it seems, sometimes, the extreme grouchiness can only be attributed to hormones.
Women’s Media Center
Psychotherapist and author Joyce McFadden found some surprising results when she asked women to reflect on sexuality and raising daughters.
By Joyce McFadden
May 3, 2011
Women can’t fix what we don’t know is broken, so it’s empowering anytime we’re given the opportunity to look at ourselves from a new perspective. Especially when it concerns how we raise our daughters. One of the most effective motivators for change comes from our most valuable resource—our own stories.
The Wall Street Journal
The Informed Patient
March 29, 2011
No longer children and not quite adults, teens face a combustible mix of physical and mental-health issues that can set the stage for long-term problems in adulthood, ranging from obesity and chronic disease to substance abuse and depression. Only about 650 doctors nationwide, a tiny fraction of the total number, are board certified in adolescent medicine.
DNA
India
Published: Sunday, Jan 16, 2011, 3:00 IST
By Kareena Gianani | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA
Early puberty in daughters may soon be something more parents will have to be prepared for.
As growing numbers of girls reach puberty even before they’re ten, a frank chat and, in some cases, hormonal intervention, can help young girls deal with the ways their bodies are changing.
Eight-and-a-half-year-old Viveka Chinoy is dealing with changes that her vocabulary doesn’t even include. Recently, her areolae grew in size, followed by slight but definite breast tissue development – enough for her to need a second layer of clothing under her school uniform.
WebMD
Girls who begin menstruating at an early age may benefit from help to cope with depression, says author of a new study
By Peter Russell
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Dr Keith David Barnard
4th January 2011 – Girls who begin menstruating at an early age are at greater risk of experiencing depression during adolescence, according to a new study.
The Daily Guggie Daly
January 1, 2011
by Jodie Speakman
” My daughter, Victoria, has been ill since February 2008. She had her first Gardasil vaccination November 2007. Her second vaccination was in the beginning of February 2008. Immediately after her second vaccination, Victoria experienced severe diarrhea, vomiting and was nauseous for about eight weeks. She had blood work done many times and doctors thought it was just a virus. On March 31, 2008, she had her first seizure.
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