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[quote=Anonymous]Some girls put on weight before a growth spurt.  Some grow tall before filling out and look like twigs for a time.  Some grow evenly.  I’ve seen it all.

The best thing at that age is just to make sure they stay active and develop moderately healthy eating habits.  Because while their bodies are changing, the social lives are also changing. This is precisely when girls stop having recess at school, feel too old for playground games, and many drop out of sports that they “aren’t good at.”  They alsp have more freedom with food so maybe buying candy at cvs or getting fries with friends and throwing your healthy packed lunch in tje trash.  In my experience, if you can make sure a girl stays active at this point and help her develop decent eating habits (like getting her involved in cooking and meal planning), it usually works out.  Some girls at that age give up soccer but might take up running, or golf, or something that has less team politics — others might find a new sport or find that they are old enough to start taking the dog on long walks.  Whatever works for your daughter so long as it is something.  Just be kind because this is an age where they are literally reinventing themselves, sometimes in an iterative way.[/quote]

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