Too young?

[monicat]

Hmm... I would say a Dolly magazine would be far too old for a 9yo. It's aimed at 14-17 year olds.

And you are right... it's pretty trashy anyway and I certainly won't be buying it for my daughter at 14

Maybe seeing as she already has that copy you could look at it together with her and talk about it?

Totally agree Ruth!!

Maybe you are right and her mum is a bit uncomfortable or not sure about how to discuss things like periods with her? My mum never really discussed them with me. Charlotte got my cloth pads out of the drawer the other day, and I told her "they're for when you get your periods, when you get older" as I want things like that to be normal for her, and easy to talk about (no shame or embarrassment issues)

[Vicky]

Kayla is about the same age and NO WAY would i buy her dolly
we have talked about periods and changes etc etc but 9 is far too young to be reading other things that may be in there

but like others have said she may have been trying to be helpful

[bilbylove]

what's done is done

if your DSD and you have an ok r'ship, and you would feel ok about it, how would you feel about offering DSD "If there's anything you read in a mag that you would like to talk about, i'm happy to talk about it with you", so that way, you would know what she's thinking about (the content of the Dolly mag) and have a chance to offer a balanced point of view - put stuff in context for her. Rather than her asking other nine year olds to explain stuff to her.

dunno

this is hypothetical to me, i think you are the best person to judge, you are in "the driver's seat".

i like what another poster said too, about explaining things, as questions evolve.

it's so hard, in blended families, to keep consistency, in SO many areas. i gave up a few years ago.