Question:
My daughter is 12 and wants to use tampons. Is 12 too young to be using tampons?Answer:
ParentingTeensOnline expert Andrea Marks, M.D. discusses, “Encouraging better health habits in teenagers.” Dr. Marks is an adolescent medicine specialist in New York and serves as Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. She answers:
Twelve-year-olds can certainly use tampons right away....they may ask mom (or older sister, or aunt) to teach them, but there is no biologic or health reason that they cannot. Some 12-year-old girls, however, are just not ready and prefer using pads for awhile. Some girls (but very few in my experience) never use tampons.