Girls' First Periods Influenced by Family Situations

[b i o n i c]

the study finds that the absence of a father, the presence of half- and step-brothers and living in an urban environment are all associated with the earlier onset of a girl's first period, known as menarche.

From an evolutionary perspective, making babies with a closely related family member is a cardinal sin.

Story: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203360,00.html


I WONDER IF THIS IS THE CASE FOR THE GENERAL ONSET OF PUBERTY? INTERESTING ARTICLE...

[beastieangel01]

weird!

My Dad has always been around. I started pretty late compared to everyone else I knew.

[cosmo105]

^same here. weird.

[Dorothy Wood]

I started late, and my dad wasn't around.

[Lindsey_1535]

I got it in grade 9, my dad was always around and I was a gymnast. Booooo

[kaiser soze]

I have yet to get mine :(

[b i o n i c]

what age are we supposed to go through puberty?

[Kid Presentable]

what age are we supposed to go through puberty?
half-past.

[jabumbo]

my little sister just started getting her's and she had one when we were both staying at my grams while my parents were away for a week.

then the other day my mom and older sister were talking about that and it was sort of creeping me out. i don't want to have to think about that sort of stuff

[b i o n i c]

i only started getting pubes, what, last week? my mom's an ever present nag

[QueenAdrock]

Mine was 8th grade. Sorta late, sorta not. My dad and brother were around me all my life.

However, my one friend who I mentioned in that other thread started when she was 10 - in the 4th grade. She had 8 sisters and 3 brothers at the time. And she always said her dad was never really around or didn't pay much attention to her.

[kleptomaniac]

I hate to sound completely clueless, but what are pubes?

hair that grows down there (lb)