School Nurse Memory, is this weird?

[Nogirl42]

When I was in 4th grade, the school nurse called me into her office and told me I needed to start wearing a bra. In my memory, there was another (male!) student in the office in earshot and I was super embarrassed. I remember her doing this kind of loud stage whisper, so I'm sure the other kid heard it. It had never even occurred to me to start wearing a bra because I didn't really have breasts yet. It being the '90s, all I wore was oversized t-shirts and leggings, and I guess someone might have caught a glimpse of my chest at some point. This was quite traumatizing at the time, and one of the few memories I have of that time in my childhood. My question is, what the hell? Is this a common practice? And if it is, for heaven's sake wait till there are no other students in the office to tell a pre-pubescent girl she needs to wear a bra!

P.S. I should add that I have always been like 99th percentile in height and by the time I was in 4th grade I was probably at least 5'5 or so, so I guess I must have looked more like a grown up woman than I actually was, but I definitely did not have breasts, either.

[That O'Hara Girl]

I had that happen to me, except it wasn't a school nurse, it was one of my classmates (a girl). I really wasn't even developed yet, and what makes it weirder is that she actually was a little bit too developed at that age.

[Amethya]

I don't remember when I started to wear a bra, but I would think maybe 6th grade? It was a requirement for PE, so that's when I started.

My niece lives with me, and I care for her like my daugther, and since I know the breast development of a young girl, I knew when it was time for her to wear a bra because she was budding and you can see it. Because I'm her guardian, I do have right to tell her this, but to another child? Nope.

To my students, I wouldn't tell them this, this has to come from the parent, not me. If there's a valid good reason someone wants her to wear a bra, they need to take it up to the parent or AP, because that's not my jurisdiction. Even so, I WOULD NEVER do it in front of other kids, it's a private matter for a young girl and that's not right.