Custy's brilliant advice to mums of teenagers - well worth a read (hope you don't mind custy)

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I have copied and pasted this from another thread because I think it is fabulous and i think all mnetters with teenagers should read it. Didn't want to start any further comments to the OP on the original thread

for what its worth i think the "privicy" for teenagers brigage are full of shit ( love you all) but so naive. i check my DDs text messages occasionally. it is after all my job to keep her safe. not so long ago i had a shit fit becuase some guy from bolton was travelling down to see his 14 yr old GF ( my dds friend) and bringing a friend with him.

all this gleened from text messages. without my knowledge my daughter could have gotten into an awfull frightening situation becuase she didn't think it through - that boys don't travel 300 miles to "visit the effing pier dear"

Have cut and paste this to refer to in the very distant future.

Sorry Niks - not able to answer your question. For my DD breast buds were first sign. She started using deodorant before she needed to because her friends did so I am not sure about the sweating part of it. Girls are entering puberty earlier now. I know girls whose pewriods started at age 9 yrs. DD was 13.

My 10 year old has both buds and sweat...She is my ickle baby!