How can an adult look like a child?
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whitespirit26 — 13 years ago(November 02, 2012 12:24 PM)
No, she wouldn't have allowed anyone to bathe her anyway because you don't bathe freaking nine-year-olds; it was her marked fear that anyone would walk in that was unusual. And this was due to any signs of adulthood on her body, not just hair I'm sure. Thanks for the disease info, that's very interesting, though I find your repeated remarks about body hair weird and inappropriate. Get over it.
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libbastewart — 12 years ago(August 07, 2013 05:06 PM)
I was bathed at 9, but that was because I insisted on growing my hair to "princess" length (around my waist). I couldn't be trusted to wash it all myself, so part of the agreement was that my mother braided it every day so it wouldn't be too tangled and that my dad would help me wash it.
I didn't think there was anything weird about it until girls at school made fun of me for letting my dad see me naked. It was sad, thinking back on it, how they could sexualize such an innocent situation. -
libbastewart — 12 years ago(August 09, 2013 01:41 PM)
I liked my dad more and he was more fun when he bathed me. He'd let me have bath toys and play with his shaving cream. I always took a bath before dinner and my mom always made dinner, therefore, my mother was busy and so my dad helped me wash my hair. It was fun and a good memory, and unless someone is uncomfortable with it how could that be inappropriate? What is the cut off in childhood for when your parents are allowed to see you naked? I didn't hit puberty until I was 13, in case that was what you were worried about.
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whitespirit26 — 12 years ago(August 09, 2013 09:43 PM)
What's the cut-off point? I'd say 7 at the oldest; most kids reach a certain way of modesty at some point and 9 is definitely up there; I'm extremely sensitive about people's privacy and if I ever sense that an adult is crossing a line in privacy, with other adults or a kid (which once again does not have to involve sexuality), it makes me very upset. I know you weren't uncomfortable, but once again if you were just sitting down while your dad washed your hair with your back to him, I don't see it as a big deal. My friend's stepsister needs help with hair sometimes and wears a bathing suit then.
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wakanasakai — 12 years ago(August 13, 2013 09:23 PM)
How can an adult look like a child?
Back on topic.
Somebody else already mentioned hypo-pituitarianism & turner's syndrome, but another way (& the most common one, if I remember correctly) is to get a disease
before
you reach puberty (example= measles) where you end up running a high fever long enough that it destroys your pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is the part of your brain that regulates the released of hormones, so if that goes bye-bye before your puberty, you stop aging.
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x_offender_79 — 12 years ago(August 30, 2013 03:31 PM)
But she didn't really stop aging. Once she take of the make up (hiding her pours, wrinkles etc) and removed the false teeth (to hide her adult ones), she pretty much looked her real age. Also, as someone else pointed out, she was binding her breasts, so she did go through puberty.
It seemed to me that she more likely had some form of rare dwarfism- where her body was the proportionate size of a child, but she still continued to age and develop. I think the guy at the hospital says this too. -
asdf189756 — 12 years ago(August 31, 2013 04:23 PM)
the doctor mentioned it was a form of dwarfism that was proportionate. So she didnt look like a dwarf she looked like a child
I remember years ago seeing an episode of Maury (was that his name) and 3 people with that condition were being interviewed. One man was an actor at 28 but he played children on tv so they could get round child labour laws etc.