Dd is 13, nearly 14 - quite a late developer as she's not started her periods yet and although she's very tall still has the body shape of a much younger child. She has started getting fairly sparse hair under her armpits but I've noticed that all her friends have started shaving there. Dd's not a very 'grownup' girl and has little interest in fashion or pop culture and has not mentioned it at all. However, her older brother who does notice these things has told me I need to talk to dd about it before someone else does...I'm torn between waiting for her to decide if and when she wants to remove body hair and suggesting she starts shaving as I don't want her to be vulnerable to teasing and I remember only too well how mean some 13/14 year old girls can be... (I do shave leg and armpit hair btw but have always felt a bit annoyed with myself for doing so). WWYD?
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