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5 Dangers of Too Sexy, Too Soon Ads Aimed at Our Girls

Posted: May 16th, 2011 by Michele Borba


How to buck the prolific negative, over-sexualized images advertisers are aiming at our daughters. Reality Check: This morning on the TODAY Show I shared how all the “too fast, too negative, too sexy, too soon” merchandising may impact our daughters and why parents should be up in arms. Here are highlights from that segment and [...]



Regaining Childhood: Parenting a “too fast, too soon” generation

Posted: April 12th, 2011 by Michele Borba


REALITY CHECK: Thongs undies for preschoolers, periods at 7, push-up bras at 8, Botox at 16 all add up to missed childhoods if we don’t start parenting! Why we must put brakes on our children’s “too hurried, too fast, too sexy, too soon” lives so they can grow without missing out on just being kids. [...]



Study: Puberty Onset Earlier

Posted: December 9th, 2010 by Michele Borba


Puberty Onset Four Years Earlier American Academy of Pediatrics: Over a decade ago, Marcia Herman-Giddes, a pediatrician and now professor at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, noticed many young girls in grades one to five were showing public hair and breast development,” In her words, “It seemed like there were too many, [...]