Yea that's the thing. I did not hate them. They are dead and gone now but I never hated them. Like you said kid's doing adult stuff not discouraged, in fact very encouraged. But never forced or threatening. And I don't feel like childhood stolen. Involved in every normal kid activity. Sheltered life of a baptist preacher's kid. Sisters are the same. We just never talked about it back then. It just was as natural to us as any other activity. Even after we were older and knew that we should not be having sex and certainly it was not to be discussed we continued. Mother took the sister I shared a room with to the Dr. as soon as she had her period and got her on birth control pills. We knew this wasn't to be discussed. We never discussed then. Mother told her it was to regulate her period. Know now of course that it was to keep the preachers daughter from getting pregnant at 11. All the sisters were put on BC as soon as they got their first period. Never thought about why back then, but I was only 10 when my room mate sister got on BC so I was a little young to understand that part.