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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]-Older siblings is a BIG one.  I saw it when my oldest child was young and in some ways I see my third child being mature for her age.

-Another one is early puberty, especially breast development in girls.  One of my daughter's friends developed breasts at age 10.  By age 11 older boys were showing an interest in her and she started noticing the attention and eventually reciprocated it.   The boys completely ignored my daughter who was flat as can be until almost age 14.  Had the boys been chasing her at 10 I'm sure we would have been dealing with everything at 11 too.  
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Don't be so sure. How deeply misguided and sexist could this comment be? There are many girls who hit puberty early. I was one of them. Did I get a lot of interest from boys? Yes. Did that make me fast? No. Did that make other girls in my grade who went through puberty early fast? No. In fact, for many of us, it was deeply disturbing to have that kind of attention (usually from older boys) at such a young age. If anything, it made many of us more guarded.

Don't be so sure you would have been "dealing with everything" due to early puberty. Truly offensive. [/quote]

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