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‘It needs to be talked about earlier’: some children get periods at 8, years before menstruation is taught at school

By Olivia Bellas, PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide
Jessica Shipman, Senior lecturer, Flinders University

In Australia, the average age of first period is about 13. But about 12% of children get their period between the ages of eight and eleven.

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