It strikes me that a better fitting bra would help most posters on this thread. The support should come from the band not the straps. If anyone is in the Sheffield area I can recommend an excellent independent bra shop.
Do duck off. I'm sorry to swear, I don't normally but you are being incredibly patronising and insulting.
I was fitted for bras my entire life. I never had a time when I wasn't, because my larger breasted mother knew the importance of it. So back in the days where the only places offering bra fittings were places like Rigby and Peller, my single parent mother, without child maintenance from my father invested in my having correctly fitting bras. So from about age 12 I had the indignity of having bra fittings. And don't kid yourself, it is an indignity and exponentially so when you're a teenager and nobody has even seen your breasts.
I had a reduction after I ended up with my neck in one of those neck collar things. The pain I'd had over the years was life limiting. I did sports, was actually very fit and strong, but there were days when I could barely move my head. I took muscle relaxants which caused stomach problems. I went to physios and spent thousands on chiropractic treatment and massage and others. Every single one of them said the problem was the size of my breasts specifically in relation to my frame.
"A better fitting bra"? Honestly, do you think none of us ever had bra fittings?!!!
DD has the same build as me and had to put up with some really nasty comments from the boys at school. When she was 16 one particularly nasty boy said that he thought she would look like a 12 year old boy with no clothes on
It strikes me that kids are mean.
However, specifically related to my breasts, I had adult men shouting at me in the street about my breasts. When I was 12. Not only then, but throughout my entire teenage years. I had men in cars yell things to me - breast-related. That was just the adults. Then there were the boys who would grab me so one of their friends could grab my breasts to feel them. There were the comments from boys at school about my breasts. There were obviously other comments too, but I'm only addressing the breasts ones. I was humiliated by the PE teacher in PE classes when I couldn't get my forearms to touch during volleyball, because my breasts were in the way of my upper arms..so couldn't "dig" or whatever it's called. Whenever I ran for a bus or to a friend in the playground - with the properly fitted bras, remember - there would still be movement and I'd hear some kind of "boing boing" comment. Could be from girls that one too.
In my working life I had male colleagues and customers talk to my breasts. I honestly think some of them had no idea what my eyes looked like.
I was accused of "trying to steal" a man 20 years older than me (who I had no interest in) because obviously with boobs like mine I was out to get men!!! I was told I was flirting when I wasn't, by women (men around said I wasn't), I had women imply that I deserved whatever happened to me because of what I wore. What did I wear? Exclusively tops that showed no cleavage. I always tested if I could lean forward without flashing people before I bought something. I was so deeply ashamed and embarrassed. And I rarely wore short skirts when I was younger because if I was accused of being too sexualised when wearing a regular, covering top, then wearing one and exposing my legs (think 5cm above knee max) was me basically trying to steal every man in sight.
And this is all about boobs because I'm truly not that attractive looking. Not ugly just average.
The first time I had a man grope me - years after the boys at school - I was 15. Every single time I was out in a crowded pub I was groped. No exceptions. And apparently large breasts make men assume you're "easy" too, so some tricky situations...
But you see I didn't know anything else, so it was all normal. I'd never been in a crowded pub and not groped. I'd never had any extended period without men in vans yelling about my breasts or had everybody exclusively talk to my face. It wasn't until I was 30 and in extreme pain had my neck in a collar (to provide some relief) that I snapped and went private for a reduction. And that was a big deal because - wait for it, can't make this up - I'd twice, on different occasions had male doctors treating me in hospital fondle my breasts, so hate hospitals. The idea of a doctor touching me causes me to panic. I had to be sedated before arriving at the hospital it was so hard for me to go in.
And the morning after the reduction I can't tell you how happy I was. NO BACK OR NECK PAIN! I discovered that I was so used to being in pain related to my breasts that when I actually felt it it was on top of ongoing pain I'd gotten accustomed to. That was years ago and I still remember! It was utterly amazing!
And later, when I was back out in the world, I noticed nobody looked at my chest. Nobody! Imagine meeting someone and they look at your face first, plus their eyes don't wander down to nipple height?!! And then I realised that not every woman has that experience, nor do they have many of the other ones I'd grown up with.
So while boys (and girls) shouldn't be mean at 16 - really no excuse at that age for the comment your daughter got - unfortunately if she's had 16 years without the world paying attention to her chest then she's had a better start than some of us. I truly am not saying it's ok what was said to her. It's ridiculous that boys still feel the right to comment on a girls' body. My point is you've come on a thread and been patronising and used an example that quite honestly would be a great situation for some of us here. And to be ho eat if you'd read the thread with any level of empathy or even sensitivity you'd have picked that up.