Keith

There was a cover story in TIME a few months back (spring?) when I was gawking at the stats on how the national average age of menarche has steadily decreased over the past few decades. Actually I believe the quoted figure was 10.8 yrs... I rounded up to 11 for simplicity.

Imagine that! Half the 11 yr olds in this country are capable of having babies. As a father of four daughters, that really got my attention, especially since one is 12 and the oldest is 14.

In another article it talked about precocious puberty.... 8 and 9 year old girls with breast buds and pubic hair... I think it was 10% among whites and twice that in blacks. Scary stuff!

We've all caught "jack" salmon... anyone out there ever caught a "jill"?
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"If you don't kill them, they will spawn." (Carcassman)


The Keen Eye MD
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