Does your 8yo wear a training bra?

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure why people are jumping on PP. OP was asking if it's common and PP said more common in heavier girls. That's true.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2007-04-04-0704020202-story.html

Obese or overweight girls may be the exception to the rule, Kaplowitz warns. His caution is backed up by a recent study published in Pediatrics. It shows that by age 9, 80 percent of obese girls have begun to develop, versus 58 percent of overweight girls and 40 percent of girls in the normal weight range.

PP may have been factually accurate, but it was irrelevant to OP’s question and was simply a snotty side comment with no reason other than to be unkind.

NP. Parents of overweight young children need a wake up call. The epidemic has gotten so much worse and it makes me sad every time I leave my house. One of my DD’s good friends is already very chubby at 10. Her mom buys all kinds of crap food and does not restrict her diet whatsoever. As in regularly eats pop tarts for breakfast, is allowed to eat an entire sleeve of GS cookies in a sitting, unrestricted access to candy, etc.

The parents do. But making fun of or shaming the child is horrible. If you can't tell the difference between educating a parent in a kind way and making fun of a child, you need to shut up.

No one is shaming the child.

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Anonymous wrote:My 12 year old has noticeable protrusions, but has not asked for a bra. I don't understand the purpose of a training bra. If her breasts are big enough to need support, she needs a real bra. If she doesn't need the support, she doesn't need anything.

Uh, if you can see breast buds through her shirt, she needs another layer.

This isn't going to be PC but the girls that age who need them (I only have boys) are the chubby ones.

My slender 10 year old needs a bralette you know-nothing mother of boys

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Anonymous wrote:9yr old doesn’t seem to have full on breast buds, but I’ve noticed that her nipples appear to be obvious when wearing T-shirt’s or summer dresses. Little protrusions compared to her brother, so she is starting to wear them.

Same when mine was about 9.5. She’s 10 on Sunday and wears a little half cami “bra” each day. It’s like she has little puffy nipples- no breast tissue but enough she needs something.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, that's early. No, my 8 and 10 yr olds don't wear them.

10 year olds should wear training bras

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Anonymous wrote:My 12 year old has noticeable protrusions, but has not asked for a bra. I don't understand the purpose of a training bra. If her breasts are big enough to need support, she needs a real bra. If she doesn't need the support, she doesn't need anything.

Uh, if you can see breast buds through her shirt, she needs another layer.

This isn't going to be PC but the girls that age who need them (I only have boys) are the chubby ones.

My slender 10 year old needs a bralette you know-nothing mother of boys

+1 but only for certain fabrics. A thick cotton t shirt or sweatshirt/sweater doesn't need anything. But dryfit/polyester/athletic type clothing she needs it.

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Ugh. I'm a less than A cup and often go "bra less". My rising 3rd grader (just turning 8 yo) has zero breast buds... She needs nothing. That said, I felt traumatized by the lack of boobs since age 10 and am happy to make her feel like her peer with a bra. She hasn't asked for it yet... I expect this convo will be coming later this year.

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My 9 year old doesn't need one, so, no.

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Anonymous wrote:My 12 year old has noticeable protrusions, but has not asked for a bra. I don't understand the purpose of a training bra. If her breasts are big enough to need support, she needs a real bra. If she doesn't need the support, she doesn't need anything.

Go get her a bra. Don’t make her ask. I had to ask my mother and it was awful as I was so self conscious.

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My 9 yr old wears sports bras with athletic tank tops to tennis since the material is clingy and the arm holes are large. Other than that she has no buds.

I don't plan on making her wear a bra in regular clothes if she is comfortable without. I will give her the choice when i notice more development (or if she brings it up sooner), but whether or not to wear one will be up to her.

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Anonymous wrote:My 12 year old has noticeable protrusions, but has not asked for a bra. I don't understand the purpose of a training bra. If her breasts are big enough to need support, she needs a real bra. If she doesn't need the support, she doesn't need anything.

Go get her a bra. Don’t make her ask. I had to ask my mother and it was awful as I was so self conscious.

Yes, I’m not sure how this hasn’t come up already but my older kids all had one by at least 10-11 because they start changing for gym in 6th grade. Whether they needed one or not, they didn’t want to be the only ones in the locker room without one.