Ten and Pregnant: Goodbye Sugar Mountain

Grandma’s Historical Menstrual Tour

My 6-year-old granddaughter Josie wants to be ten. My response is: “Six is a great age.” She doesn’t buy it; she wants to be ten. “I’m ten,” she tells me, holding up her fingers. “What about six, seven, eight, nine? You’ll miss all those great years if you are ten now.”