The precocious sexuality comes to mind.

But it's the undertow of precocious sexuality, the child-woman come-on, that's more worrying.

"Monsieur Ibrahim" is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for some scenes of precocious sexuality.

It also helps cause "eating disorders, precocious sexuality, youth violence, and family stress and can contribute to children's diminished capability to play creatively," the non-profit says.

Negoiţescu's main memoir, Straja dragonilor, has drawn attention for its frank depiction of precocious sexuality in general and homosexual experimentation in particular.

But if "La Petite Voleuse" illustrates Truffaut's typlical delicacy and restraint, "36 Fillette" provoked heated discussion in France for its explicit treatment of precocious female sexuality.

Ms. Mann depicts her three children, along with occasional adults as supporting characters, in dramatic, psychologically fraught poses, often posed nude in scenes evoking a precocious sexuality that remains gilded with innocence.

They believe training bras exploit young girls and encourage precocious sexuality.

"Somebody needs to connect the dots between marketing and the things that people are concerned about - precocious sexuality, childhood obesity, eating disorders, youth violence, family stress, excessive materialism, the diminished creativity in children's play," Linn told me.