http://www.rakemag.com/tags/puberty The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.rakemag.com/reporting/features/hormones-overdrive <!--paging_filter-->It’s another spring evening at the Mall of America, where the Glitz store is in full bloom with taffeta and tulle. Pastel Cinderella dresses glimmer under the fluorescent lights, and the skirts bursting from these sleeveless bodices are so lush, they make the satin wedding gown I wore fourteen years ago seem downright drab. I touch the bejeweled outer layer of a particularly lovely dress, and then I see its $298 price tag, which further confirms the dowdiness of my own once-upon-a-time princess costume (now stored dutifully in a cardboard box in the basement, for posterity). <p><a href="http://www.rakemag.com/reporting/features/hormones-overdrive">read more</a></p> http://www.rakemag.com/reporting/features/hormones-overdrive#comments girls parenting promiscuity puberty sex teen teenager teens Fri, 23 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0500 Cristina Cordova 7505 at http://www.rakemag.com