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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At least no bubble butt. Is it really that essential to see that little bottom of hers? Oh yeah, they feel better to.

"All Grown Up and No Where to Go" is about tweens who are allowed inappropriate behavior, written by child psychologist David Elkind.

You may want to read it.[/quote]

I would like to know more, before I order the book. Does he say that 10-year-old girls who wore leggings as pants grow up to be teenagers who behave badly?[/quote]
Dr. David Elkind has some very valuable professional experience, imo. Based on his extensive experience (and education), he knows that tweens whose parents allow premature "adult behaviors", often suffer serious consequences.

Poor self-image and low self-esteem are surprisingly common among these patients. I say surprising, because these girls are often near-perfect academic students, athletic stars, seemingly social butterflies (queen bees), and yet they're suffering from anorexia. And their parents were in complete denial, too caught up with their daughter's "success" to notice what's really been going on behind the scenes.

I haven't read the book, but I'm 40 and this is nothing new.  Perfectionist girls often have eating disorders.  I saw this is many of the girls I grew up with.  It had nothing to do with them acting too grown up.  It has to do w/ being a perfectionist and being in control. 
How can that be? [/quote][/quote]

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