http://fost-adopt.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/precocious-puberty News and information for those planning to adopt through foster care as well as firsthand accounts of those who have. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:19:01 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://fost-adopt.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/precocious-puberty/comment-page-1#comment-1604 Chromesthesia Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:20:31 +0000 http://foster-adopt.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/11/08/precocious-puberty#comment-1604 *shiver* That sounds rather awful, losing one's childhood so fast! *shiver* That sounds rather awful, losing one’s childhood so fast!

]]> http://fost-adopt.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/precocious-puberty/comment-page-1#comment-1603 MamaS Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:39:00 +0000 http://foster-adopt.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/11/08/precocious-puberty#comment-1603 My RAD-ish was not diagnosed with this, but she started full-blown puberty at age 7. Even worse than the physical changes and the mood swings were the social problems. There were times when she could not go to 2nd grade sleepovers or swimming parties and we could not explain why because her friends had no information about that.<br /> She had to have a different costume from all the others in her dance class because they didn't make that style "big enough" for her developed chest. She was so upset that she quit dance.<br /> And the time I had to warn off a 16-year-old stable attendant who was flirting with my 10-year-old -- hello, Mama Bear!<br /> I sometimes think that her low self esteem is rooted in the negative puberty experiences. My RAD-ish was not diagnosed with this, but she started full-blown puberty at age 7. Even worse than the physical changes and the mood swings were the social problems. There were times when she could not go to 2nd grade sleepovers or swimming parties and we could not explain why because her friends had no information about that.
She had to have a different costume from all the others in her dance class because they didn’t make that style “big enough” for her developed chest. She was so upset that she quit dance.
And the time I had to warn off a 16-year-old stable attendant who was flirting with my 10-year-old — hello, Mama Bear!
I sometimes think that her low self esteem is rooted in the negative puberty experiences.

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