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Why are some girls developing earlier? Researchers are still trying to figure that out.
Shift Buzz The FDA has just rejected a call to ban BPA, a chemical found in some plastic bottles and canned food liners. But some people say it causes early puberty in girls, and a host of other bad things. Who's right?
Culture Buzz From the excellent Studies in Crap by Alan Scherstuhl, a book called “Am I Normal?” that attempted to help the adolescents of the early '80s navigate the hormonal waters of puberty. Here are some excerpts and photos as awkward as puberty itself.
“Celebrating 'staches that are before their time,” Dirty Upper Lip collects the barely-there mustaches of the prepubescent, pubescent and those of us who still can't quite fill out our upper lips.
Fourteen-year-old Nick Ondras of Connecticut loves him some Tyler Perry, but was baffled by the media mogul's recent effort, Madea Goes To Jail (make sure to stick around as Nick drags Rudy Huxtable's name through the mud). If anyone deserves a cameo in Madea Farts In Heaven or whatever, it's this kid!
A popular YouTube vlogger hits the streets, asking regular folks if he's a boy or a girl. What seems like a simple answer gets people all twisted, yet most have definite answers — even if they are the wrong ones. This kind of reminds me of a 20/20 undercover special. Is this kid the next John Quinones?
Culture Buzz The queen of YA fiction is celebrated by devoted fans as she hits 70. Hey, not every prepubescent boy read Matt Christopher. Even if they didn’t necessarily understand what Margaret was talking about, some little boys found Blume’s blunt, descriptive language undeniably intriguing. We’re just sayin’, okay?