My 10 year old is WAY more mature than I was at her age..and so are most of her peers. A few moms and I were discussing that the other day, how girls, for the most part..(I do not see this in the boys as much) are growing up much faster now.
My daughter is sprouting faster than me..she has curves and the start of breasts, and yet she is very slender, and concious of her weight, she is a competition dancer, and I think she gets this from the older girls..hopefully she will never get obsessed about her weight, that is my only worry.
She is also into fashion and make up..which she is not allowed to wear save for when she is dancing in a show..but she does squeek by with lip gloss sometimes.
I am pretty strict about her clothes..I hate so much of the styles made for girls now, I draw the line at those belly tops and short shorts.. so she is somewhat conservative. She wears surfer bracelets and anklets in the summer, and her hair is naturally streaked blond, but it looks like she has it bleached.
She and her friends already talk about boys...and have a few they "like"
She is a very good student, and is loved by her teachers...yet I see a rebellious side of her sometimes, that gets me nervous. She can carry on an adult conversation, and is very intelligent as far as subjects like human rights and politics, something I knew nothing of, or at least didn't care about at 10. I think this is actually a good thing, because she has a social conscience at a young age..and so far, she seems very down on drugs and alcohol and smoking..I pray she stays that way.
We had a sex talk recently..I just wanted to see how much she had learned at school or what she had heard from her peers, and she knows ALOT more than I thought or wished she had known
.. I was actually pretty shocked that she knew some of the things she did..but yet she was surprisingly niave about the very basic things..I corrected any misinformation, and then, after some giggles and blushing, she said she "would never do that" She gets cramps and headaches and VERY moody on a regular schedule, coincidently timed right along with my cycle..OH JOY for the males in the household
and I think she will get her period pretty soon.
All in all, she is a good girl, she is very dedicated to her dancing, and a joy to have around, save for a few moments of moodiness here and there. I do wish she still played with dolls and had imaginary teaparties, rather than spent time hanging posters of the band of the week on the wall, and talking about boys and who likes who. But so far she has strong morals, and I hope this never changes. She respects herslef, and she respects others, and if she stays that focused, maybe we will make it through the teen years without major bloodshed
: DSD is very "mature" emotionally not at all developmentally, perhaps even behind the "average" 11 year old. She's awfully thin to the point that's its a challenge to find jeans/shorts that fit her.
She just started wearing makeup (her mother feels that's fine 
For a long time, she was wearing things that were WAY to short or skimpy... that her mother bought for her 
