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Dear Carol,\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n I have the smallest boobs! I hate it. I am so self-conscious, and everyone at school has grown up faster than me. Seventh grade is almost over and I was watching a nature documentary about primates. During a scene about newborns, I had a random thought: If boobs are supposed to be functional for milk, does that mean it’s somehow better for pregnancy to have bigger boobs? I mean, I know they get bigger during pregnancy, but does it make a difference for girls with small boobs?<\/strong><\/p>\n –\u00a0 Small-Boobed<\/strong><\/p>\n Dear\u00a0Small-Boobed,<\/p>\n Fret not, breast size doesn’t affect the ability to make milk for a baby. That aside: Whether your boobs get bigger or not, I hope you’ll learn to love the body you’ve got. I get so many letters from girls who worry that they are too small or too big up top, when really, there’s no right way to look. I used to have the same anxiety you have, and my body didn’t change much\u2014but my attitude did. One fine day I decided I was tired of feeling bad about not really needing a bra, and I just plain made peace with my body. It helped that I finally noticed that, along with busty celebs, there were many flat ones like me. They seemed to just own their bodies and project confidence. Fact is, confidence is a big part of looking good. So do yourself a favor and find the nearest mirror. Ready? Set? Say: “You look great!” Well done! Now make it a habit!<\/p>\n Carol Weston is the author of 16 books including\u00a0Girltalk<\/em>,\u00a0Speed of Life\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Ava and Pip<\/em>. Follow her on Insta @carolwestonnyc<\/a> and visit carolweston.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n We want to hear from you! Go here<\/a> to submit questions to Carol about every sticky sitch life throws at you.<\/strong><\/p>\n Still need\u00a0advice? Read more Dear Carol below:<\/b> Dear Carol, <\/p>\n I have the smallest boobs! I hate it. I am so self-conscious, and everyone at school has grown up faster than me. Seventh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":295863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[283,284,61297,280],"tags":[48,58,49,50,46,47,51334,31680,3007,42,45,44013,44,6085,1342,1203,45921,285],"class_list":{"0":"post-274701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-life","8":"category-dear-carol","9":"category-wellness","10":"category-your-bod","11":"tag-advice","13":"tag-advice-column","14":"tag-advice-columnist","15":"tag-carol-girls-life","16":"tag-carol-weston","20":"tag-dear-carol","23":"tag-girls-life","25":"tag-life"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlslife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\ud83d\udc8c<\/a> “Dear Carol, Why does it feel like a huge deal that boobs stay super private?”<\/a>
\n\ud83d\udc8c<\/a> “Dear Carol, I want to shave my legs, but I’m scared”<\/a>
\n\ud83d\udc8c “Dear Carol, I feel really self-conscious about my body lately”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"