An acquaintance of mine has lesbian moms, so she grew up in a very woman-positive household. She said that when she started her period, her moms took her out to a restaurant AND ANNOUNCED TO EVERYONE that she had just gotten her period. Quelle embarassment. I'd recommend not doing that.
My mom just handed me pads and treated me like it was normal, which was pretty nice. I wish we'd had a bit more of an open dialogue about it, mostly so I could have asked her a couple of years later when I tried to go for tampons. Basically, having it as a topic of conversation is good.
I unexpectedly got to be the one to initiate a nine-year-old camper a couple of summers ago. As I recall, I handed her some pads and said "Welcome to the sisterhood, it gets boring after a while." And answered her questions the next day about whether she could still go in swimming.
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My mom just handed me pads and treated me like it was normal, which was pretty nice. I wish we'd had a bit more of an open dialogue about it, mostly so I could have asked her a couple of years later when I tried to go for tampons. Basically, having it as a topic of conversation is good.
I unexpectedly got to be the one to initiate a nine-year-old camper a couple of summers ago. As I recall, I handed her some pads and said "Welcome to the sisterhood, it gets boring after a while." And answered her questions the next day about whether she could still go in swimming.