As an 8-year-old I remember running around to spend the night at my best friend Stacy’s house or hanging in my bedroom with Barbies. How many of you remember those days? Things were just a bit more innocent, there were years before we’d even begin worrying about our future.

Today little girls hang out at the school and talk about which boys they’d like to marry, this starts around kindergarten. I kid you not. I’ll never forget the first time my now 8-year-old came home telling me she was “in love” with such and such. In just the few short years she’s been in school she’s came home talking about SEX, you know that dreaded topic we aren’t suppose to have to worry about until they are older. Well, she’s told me that she wants to kiss such and such, that when she gets older she’ll put her tongue in some guy’s mouth, or the worse part was when she told me about how when she becomes a wife she’ll get undressed and she and her husband will have sex and they’ll be naked. I won’t go any further.

How is it she knows all this stuff? Before one thinks it is me, we make sure not to do ANYTHING until ALL the kids are sleeping soundly.

So, what is it? It’s school. We don’t have TV except for movies we rent. Plus she told me her best friend just had her period and has been telling her all about it, so she can’t wait to have that now. Man, she better hope she doesn’t get cramps that come along with it. Then she’ll be wishing she was staying young forever.  Is your little girl or guy wanting to grow up too fast? Any recommendations? You can’t say an all girl’s school, the hubby is already considering it.

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She’s 8, But Wants to be 18

Blog Fabulous is participating in Bloggy Giveaways by giving away the very popular Fit Girl T-shirt from The Girl Revolution.

We’re tackling this pesky childhood obesity epidemic by running a Fit Girl Series (Obese Teens on Oprah & Weight = Moral Failure) and our lifestyles and how it’s effecting our kids’ health. There will be many more aspects of the issue to explore.

I want to give you a Fit Girl shirt.

The Girl Revolution (that’s me, Tracee Sioux) has been nominated to win Best Mommy Blogger from Scholastic Parent and Child Magazine. Go to Scholastic entry page and type in your email address and www.thegirlrevolution.com website address. It would be very prestigious and exciting.

Leave a comment on this blog post saying you did so and you’re entered to win! Will ship to US Addresses.

Easy peasy!

Oh and visit other great Bloggy Giveaways, including winning a Red Goddess Box for your daughter’s first period.

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Win Fit Girl T-Shirt

Man, I really wish I could post on Blog Fabulous today. But, I’m swamped giving away a bunch of prizes elsewhere.

I do have this to say. Fruit makes me gassy and bloaty. Had to stop at the health food store for some enzymes to handle my new eating habits.

I love taking Mondays off my workout routine instead of Sundays. I always have time on Sundays and too much work on Mondays.

Also I’m learning to understand the value of outsourcing.

Photo credit: Newly redesigned and relaunched The Girl Revolution

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Too Busy to Post

I posted an article this morning about my disappointment that a vaccine to prevent HPV (human papilloma virus) which causes cervical cancer has morphed into an argument about whether girls should have sex.

The issue of whether states will require girls to be vaccinated against HPV upon entering public schools is one most states are currently debating or will debate shortly.

Many are saying it should be the parents’ right to choose whether their child should be vaccinated.

My position is that every girl, regardless of her parents, has a right to basic healthcare and that includes access to a vaccine which prevents cervical cancer.

I’d love to hear what you think about this very important issue. Please let me know in comments on So Sioux Me and/or right here at Blogfabulous.

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HPV Vaccine, Girls’ Right to Health

I often wonder who is our “authentic” self? The real you. The you who is the most comfortable, and as a result, the most productive? I was talking to someone about how corporate life doesn’t fit who I am, I “don’t fit the mold”…I think outside the box…people have said. I have to tell you, it took many, many years of self-reflection (and therapy) for me to understand that I may not have what it takes to rise up the corporate ranks–because you have to be a certain kind of person and think in a certain way to really make your mark in a large company.

And often what that means, (no disrespect whatsoever to successful corporate women here) is you have to be “street smart” not “book smart”. I have seen people go to such incredible lengths to move upward, without consideration of the actual job they were hired to do. I either don’t have the skill set or I find that to become the corporate giant that I thought I wanted to be, I would have to be a different Kim.

Coincidently, today’s topic on Oprah was this incredible notion that young girls and women are conditioned when they are little to hide their talents and gifts so as not to intimidate boys. Which means as early as 5, we are training ourselves be something we are not.

I could go in a million different directions with this post, but I’ll keep it simple–who is your “authentic self”?

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Who Do You Think You Are?