In Reply to: 8 year old daughter. HELP! posted by Worried Mother on October 09, 2000 at 01:23:21:

: Well, I'll keep it short.

: Basically, my 8 year old daughter has started to develop breasts and her best friend has as well. One sleep over the friends mother found the two of them kissing each others breasts and touching each other's vagina and such. I don't know if us mother's should tell them to stop or what!! Is this normal, should we let them so this to each other. They are quite fascinated with their breasts. Any suggestions would help!!

I'm a news reporter writing an article about early puberty and would like to talk by phone with parents of children going through this. please e-mail me at ltanner@ap.org if you'd like to participate.