Seeking Stories of Tween Girls Who've Broken Bones

i'm not sure exactly what youre looking for, but i stopped drinking milk at 8, TRY to take a calcium supplement (and supplement with other sources of calcium), my mother was just diagnosed with mild osteopoross, and ive broken COUNTLESS bones, some multiple times, the most recent being 6 broken bones (2 toes, 2 long bones in my foot, and my ankle in 2 places) while kickboxing. if you need stories, ive got plenty, i am the poster child for why you need to take care of yourself!! let me know if i can help!!

D.,

I work as an x-ray tech in a busy ER. I have noticed a trend over the last several years that young girls seem to be breaking more bones. I have started to question the parents about how much milk their child drinks. Usually the ones with the breaks don't usually drink a lot of milk. Hope this helps in your research. Feel free to ask any questions.

S.

I've had three hairline wrist fractures (2 left, 1 right) growing up. I was in 2nd grade the first time (my sister and I were having a jumping off the swing contest). The second time I was just after 4th grade (I was at Campfire girls camp and we took turns jumping on a branch to break it for the campfire and the bark slipped off on my turn), and the last time I was 16 and while ice skating at the rink I crashed into a wall. Every time I landed with a hand behind me to break my fall and ended up in a cast for 8 weeks. My sister was the one for stitches. I was the one for broken bones. We were pretty active girls.

Back when I was a "tween", a friend of mine fell backwards while cheerleading, (she was on another girls back who was kneeling)and broke both of her wrists. She had to have both of them in casts and needed help with all activities requiring wrist movement for the whole period that they were in casts. It was awful for her.
My sister also fell backwards and broke both wrists, although she hid the fact that one was broken to avoid 2 casts. She also broke her sternum while jumping off a bridge into a lake in the summer (a popular summer activity where I grew up) because her knees bent and hit her chest. Not sure that one would be good to share unless you're also trying to show kids it's not a good idea to do that either! That was more the teen years than tween too.

My daughter is 9 and has broken bones in her arm twice. She's been growing very fast, is naturally long and thin and very active. I'm not sure any amount of calcium would have made a difference. She doesn't like milk and since we have some mild milk allergies in the family I haven't pushed it. She does like beans (only in burritos), cheese, broccoli and oranges, all of which have calcium. I've had trouble finding calcium tablets that my kids will eat. Most of them have a chalkiness that they really don't like. I'd be interested in finding tastier tablets since I feel I'm doing what I can with her diet.

Have you seen this site?
http://www.girlshealth.gov/bones/