Here’s a frightening statistic for parents of two girls: Our kids are getting their periods at a much earlier age than in the past. The average? Twelve.
The Centers For Disease Control and Prevention notes in a couple-year-old study that black girls are getting theirs more than nine months earlier and white girls are getting theirs more than two months earlier (I guess we’ll split the difference).
Dr. Alan Greene, a Stanford professor, discusses the topic at iVillage.