Are girls growing up too fast?

i think that is is kinda weird how fast girls my age and younger try to grow up really (really really!) really fast. My friend Maddy's whole class(xept her) got durnk on boose and they had to make em puke and stuff, must have sucked for her and the teacher. I dont wear much make - up, i occasionally wear eyeliner and vampire makeup around the eyes cause of my mood in the mornings( vampire make-up - super cool and ego mood). Kids(not only girls) should know what is appropriate and whats not. the one hting that really gets on my nerves is how many wannabe posers there are. i see loads of fake emos around and babe wannabe posers who just well, ARE. if one isnt emo, then acting like it wont make you one. just so u no, i am not emo.(but i find emos adorably cute). are girls growing up too fast - yes.
one should have fun, not rush forward to being an adult. sure, one should have plans for the future and not run aorund with their heads falling off but still, one hsould have fun and not ruin their lives with adult stuff like cigarettes, major doses of alcohol and drugs.

i think that is is kinda weird how fast girls my age and younger try to grow up really (really really!) really fast. My friend Maddy's whole class(xept her) got durnk on boose and they had to make em puke and stuff, must have sucked for her and the teacher. I dont wear much make - up, i occasionally wear eyeliner and vampire makeup around the eyes cause of my mood in the mornings( vampire make-up - super cool and ego mood). Kids(not only girls) should know what is appropriate and whats not. the one hting that really gets on my nerves is how many wannabe posers there are. i see loads of fake emos around and babe wannabe posers who just well, ARE. if one isnt emo, then acting like it wont make you one. just so u no, i am not emo.(but i find emos adorably cute). are girls growing up too fast - yes.
one should have fun, not rush forward to being an adult. sure, one should have plans for the future and not run aorund with their heads falling off but still, one hsould have fun and not ruin their lives with adult stuff like cigarettes, major doses of alcohol and drugs. rolemodels arent neccessary lol

well i'm 16 and people think i look 18 but i don't really want to look it..
sometimes when people look older than they are they can't help it... I dont wear make up, but maybe thats why i look older, but if i DID wear makeup would that make me look older or younger?? isnt make up meant to make people look younger? instead we're judging people on the fact that they USE make up, assuming that they must want to be older....
-sigh- bah.

I do think kids are growing up too fast. Reading through a few of the pages I was trying to think of what I was doing a certain ages. There was a girl mentioned who was 6 I beileve and own a cell phone. Now I can see the whole "I'm concerned about my child" part. But 6? I mean c'mon I was only in kidergarten when I was 6. I didn't even know how to write the alphabet yet!
Also, people are mentioning girls who are 11 and dress like their 17. When I was 11, I was in 5th grade. The huge thing was to have these pants that would zip off to shorts or capris, not jeans that had about 15 holes in them. Geeze, I was wearing dresses until 6th grade even though no one else was. And nobody acted different to me or anything.
The media is to blame too. But, shouldn't the parents be monitoring what their kids are watching? Or how about the parents buying them these clothes? Kids growing up faster also has to do with the parents taking a little more, what's the word?, care?, for their children. This would go for overall apperence (clothes/makeup etc) Where is the kid getting it from? Hmm...I don't know maybe their parents? And even if it's a gift, the parents have the authority to take it and say, "You can have this when you're a little older". I just can't imagine how the "kids" will be 20 years from now.
And yes I realize that those are completely different times, even if it is only a decade or so, but really, getting a cell phone before you can read or write the word 'home'? Oi vey.

I think they are.

Well, not only girls.

I mean, I had hardly any priviliges growing up. I wasn't even allowed to go down into the town centre without my Mother until I was 12. Then in four years, I did a lot of growing up. A lot.

I think what some kiddies need to realise is that being grown up ain't cool. It sucks. It's not all make up and gadgets. There's university, work, mortgages, dishes, wisdom teeth...I could go on.

Yes... evolution wise they are...


I compare myself and friends at age 13 to girls today at 13 and physically the body is different. The breasts and hips and ass are much more pronounced then when I was that age. We were flat as boards back then.

it's intersting how nature is changing us

sampalletband:

Yes... evolution wise they are...


I compare myself and friends at age 13 to girls today at 13 and physically the body is different. The breasts and hips and ass are much more pronounced then when I was that age. We were flat as boards back then.

it's intersting how nature is changing us

Viva La Evolution.

Stupid cells, always evolving.

I wonder if they meet The Party's requirements now

sampalletband:

Yes... evolution wise they are...


I compare myself and friends at age 13 to girls today at 13 and physically the body is different. The breasts and hips and ass are much more pronounced then when I was that age. We were flat as boards back then.

it's intersting how nature is changing us

I don't think it's all girls, today. I was thirteen two years ago and almost every girl in my class had comparitively huge boobs and stuff, including one of my friends who was like, 4 feet tall. And some of us remained, well, flat. For quite a while.

But interestingly enough, there's a fifth grader I hang out with sometimes, her name's Sanjana. She has breasts that aren't much smaller than mine (I've grown). So that's one wonderful example of what you're talking about.

Anji:

rachi:

Anji:

rachi:

We're all growing up to fast. i have friends that are 12 and are going out getting pissed every night. My old 6 year old next door neighbour had a phone and i was like wtf?

I don't think a six year old having a mobile is bad, at least it probably shows that her parents are concered for her well being. Infact, it definately shows her parents are concered about her because I don't think a six year old could get a cell phone by herself.

Tell me something, how old are you? And how old are your parents? I know that you have a computer now, but how old were you when you first got a computer or at least had access to one? And how old were your parents when they first had access to a computer? Maybe 30 year old if they were young and lucky, eh? But, for most parents of the people on this site, it's like 40 or so. Now let's compare that to our age, which is a big gap. Bigger than the one between us and that six year old.

My point is, is that we were just as advantaged as she is now, but you're just taking everything you've got for granted. Of course the youngest generation will be in for the better. Not forever, but for now they are. So just chill, there's no need to prejudice her just because she's young.Such an ageist.

I wasn't being ageist. When I found out she had a phone it just shocked me at how young she was or why she would need it. To be honest, I do think a 6 year old is young.

My parents are quite old. They got acess to the pc when it was an affordable price (as they were even more expensive when they first came out to now). I am 15 if you want to know, I first got to use the PC when I was 13.

Where I grow up, computers and owning a mobile phone is for older teenagers and adults as I am from a very rough area but parents are very protective of there children. A lot of parents around where I live do not want there children being able to veiw unsuitable things that are easily acessed through the internet or with a mobile phone. Also, owning such equipment is too likely for your house to be robbed or for you to be mugged.

A joke, joke. I kid...NOT! God I love Borat, anyways.

if you got access to a computer at such a young age, don't you think a six year old can have a cell phone at a younger age? I mean, you used a PC let's say around thirty years younger than your parents. And this girl is only nine years younger than you so I think it's fair.

You put up a good argument. *claps hands*

Most parents in my area won't let there kids have phones because of the risk of them seeing some quite obsene things eg people sending them things through bluetooth, internet.

I am very lucky to have a pc at such a young age but just remember, if pc's were out before they were, I bet my parents would have had them at a younger age.

I think the problem here is that we come from totally different places.

Well, the technology is there, why not use it?
Cell phones, for example, it's not only the "slutty" girls who use them. Some people NEED a cell phone for after school activites. It doesn't mean they're growing up too fast. If you're in basketball and practice is held a little later or cancelled you need to arrange a ride to pick you up.
And style? You have yours, others have theirs. Maybe your style rubs off as "I'm troubled, I need help." to others.
Almost every girl uses make-up. I use eyeliner everyday. I'm sure you do too. Just because they use glitter, for example, doesn't mean they're growing up too fast. Everyone has their ideas as to what looks good or not.
Just because the current clothing we have nowdays is different then what our mothers had doesn't mean, we girls are growing up fast.

Also, in some situations, girls (and boys) are forced to grow up quicker then they had planned.

I think girls are growing up to fast, but then again, I live wear girls in elementary school are wearing mini skirts and tight jeans with tight ass tank tops. I'm a high schooler and girls in middle school have bigger boobs then me, hell! Boys have bigger boobs then me but to get back to the point, girl's role models have changed. Now-a-days one main way to get noticed is to be sexed up. People might not agree, but the role models that I grew up with: The not-so-whorish Brittany Spears, the-covered-up Jennifer Lopez, the-super-cute Mandy Moore, and etc, were different, most of them didn't even expose alot. You don't see that now.

Role Models are changing alot more and it effects girls, I sure as HELL wasn't wearing mini skirts when I was 8 years old so the people that girls look up to now are changing so why shouldn't they? *cough*I still think it's wrong*cough* ........*is done*

why do we keep mentioning boobs?
its not like girls can prevent themselves from growing.

I only mentioned it because I'm purely jealous. I have a swimmer's body. *smiles*

but it has nothing to do with girls growing up too fast.

That's why I said after that, "Lets get back to the point." I know it ad nothing to do with it, I just said it.

It did have something to do with the topic.
Girls get them when they grow up and people can get them if they grow up too fast, physically.
I saw a little boy once that had full grown men legs. It was actually kind of humorous.

haha cool smiles

Opheliac_666:

It did have something to do with the topic.
Girls get them when they grow up and people can get them if they grow up too fast, physically.
I saw a little boy once that had full grown men legs. It was actually kind of humorous.

haha cool smiles

get breast implants.
you have to be 18 .... an adult, your no longer a child.
i bet that little kid didn't ask for man legs either.

TAKiNGBACKSUNDAY<333:

Well, the technology is there, why not use it?
Cell phones, for example, it's not only the "slutty" girls who use them. Some people NEED a cell phone for after school activites. It doesn't mean they're growing up too fast. If you're in basketball and practice is held a little later or cancelled you need to arrange a ride to pick you up.
And style? You have yours, others have theirs. Maybe your style rubs off as "I'm troubled, I need help." to others.
Almost every girl uses make-up. I use eyeliner everyday. I'm sure you do too. Just because they use glitter, for example, doesn't mean they're growing up too fast. Everyone has their ideas as to what looks good or not.
Just because the current clothing we have nowdays is different then what our mothers had doesn't mean, we girls are growing up fast.

Also, in some situations, girls (and boys) are forced to grow up quicker then they had planned.

EXACTLY. Cell phones are becoming necessary. I mean, you can give your kid 50 millions quarters a month to use the pay phone or you can buy them a cheap cell phone so they can call you and tell you where they will be.

I had a cell phone in sixth grade to tell my mom I'd be at some club or another or if I was going to someone's house or blah blah blah. I wasn't allowed to call my friends on it; that's what the landline is for. I didn't even give any of my friends my cell number until eighth grade. So having a cell phone is okay for a ten year old. It doesn't mean that people are going to give their fifth grade children glitzy camera phones and MotoRazrs.

I'm 11. I'm not growing up too fast.

I don't think kids realise they are growing up too fast.