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ricevermicelli ([personal profile] ricevermicelli) wrote2008-06-05 03:26 pm

A Piece of Parental Wishful Thinking



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[identity profile] ricevermicelli.livejournal.com 2008-06-10 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
'Every day I am getting closer to growing breasts.'

*boggle*

I mean, true, but... but...

If it makes you feel any better, I would guess that D is, at this stage, sees breasts as nurturing organs, and that's why she wants a set. I'd be sort of surprised if T didn't feel the same. J will hop on that bandwagon when he's a little older.

I am not entirely sure you want a permitting process for puberty, so much as you might want to arrange to avoid it altogether. I know of only one way to do so, and I don't recommend it (law enforcement takes a shady view of infanticide), but believe me, there are few things that terrify me so much as the thought that one day, my son might date a teenage girl. I was one of those once, and I was insane! The thought that he might date teenage boys instead isn't precisely reassuring. I dated some of those when I was younger, and they were insane too! Maybe I can just lock him in the house until he's twenty. Or thirty! He can have all his teen insanity alone, in our basement.

Or I might luck out, and he might turn out sane. It happens to some people's kids, maybe it'll happen to mine.

[identity profile] nemene.livejournal.com 2008-06-12 12:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Actually there ARE procedures, that hav been done in extreme cases (I am in no way AT ALL considering this, just point of fact) I came across a recent case where it was performed on a young girl with SEVERE mental and physicla deficiencies. THe basic ideas are that sexual maturity would make here a more likely victim of sexual abuse, menstration cause difficulties for both the disabled person and those caring for her, and when parents have to pick her up a significant # of times a day that much growth can be inconvenient.

To your main point, I expect T does want breasts, afterall right now he still wants to grow up to be a mommy. J just wants mommies breasts. No I don't want to be able to prevent puberty, but, but, I am just not ready for it yet. I guess it could be well put as:
"The only thing that scares me more then not having control over my children's physical development is actually having that control."

Which is a derivative of my view on government regulation on parenting"
"The only thing that scares me more then unregulated parenting, is regulated parenting"