Michael Sheen in #Pads4Dads Helps Fathers Get Comfortable Talking About Periods With Their Daughters Let's not leave Dads out of the bloody conversation.

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Spotted this on The Mary Sue website and thought it worth posting. Nice to see Dads being encouraged to be understanding and supportive of their daughters.

www.themarysue.com/michael-sheen-in-pads4dads/

www.heygirls.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Pads-4-Dads-Booklet-Final.pdf

My father had no issue buying me sanitary products when I was living at home, some 30 years ago now. He was a terrible father in almost every way, but we lived remotely and no matter the time he would travel to get them and knew what I needed. He had 3 daughters. I absolutely did not want a big long conversation about it though.

My dad did the grocery shopping and bought my pads

I remember feeling mortified when my mum and dad left me at guide camp and my mum said ' your dad will be getting you some sts (she used to spell it ) do you want him to get you some new panties as well'

EVERYONE KNEW HE BOUGHT MY PANTS!!!

Some girls only have dads so one would bloody hope they’re capable of saying “once it starts, for once a month for roughly the next forty years, you will bleed and have some yucky stuff come out. Nothing to worry about, perfectly normal. Any worries, come talk to me.”

Obvs if it turns into those floods of blood where you need to see a dr it shouldn’t be a problem.

How hard can this be for a man to say?

Feeling positive -this is good. Read the leaflet and found this. Tell your trans, non binary daughter to look on line for heaven's sake. Sinking feeling.

^Periods can be very difficult for trans* and non-binary people of all ages. For a kid
that’s not sure they identify as female, reaching puberty is hard. The first period can be
very distressing – it’s like a big red sign saying WOMAN which is no good if you
aren’t and don’t want to be a woman.
If you could teach your kid three things:

1. They are not alone – there are loads of folk who have gone through the

exact same thing 2. Get help – check out hints, tips and ways of managing online

1. Be Yourself – periods don’t define you

Remember: Not all women have periods, and not all people who have periods are women…^

Oh for heaven's sake I never read down to that bit about trans and non binary children otherwise I would have put up the post with a caution. I thought the leaflet had such a positive message about accepting periods as a normal part of a girl's life, and then they include that bit.

I give up. Everything seems tainted by the trans ideology now. Teach me not to read through all of a link though.

While most of the children in America are being raised in a two-parent household, single-parent households are the second most common, with single mothers being the majority, and with the rise of more same-sex adoptions, there are a lot of dads as full-time or part-time custodial guardians of young, cis teenage girls. Er, that is a bit convoluted - dads being a subset of a subset of a subset. And I think they've got their cs in a twist there, it's girls* who menstruate, no matter how they 'identify'. That would be biology at work.

And as far as this is concerned Periods can sometimes be really difficult for fathers ffs. If I was a father this sort of woke nonsense would embarrass me.

My father had no issue buying me sanitary products when I was living at home, some 30 years ago now. He was a terrible father in almost every way JessicaWakefieldSVH same with mine, never had any trouble with the nuts and bolts of biology, talking about periods etc but also was a terrible father and hated women.

I would have hated the idea of discussing periods with my dad.

Imnobody I think if a period arrives that’s a conclusive sign you are female ....

I don't know, it made me cringe for some reason I can't identify. My dd has a great relationship with her dad and isn't bothered about him buying pads with the grocery shop and leaving them in the bathroom for anyone to see-it's not a taboo or anything. But she doesn't want to TALK about periods with him.

I think this just highlights a gap. Of course single fathers and gay fathers can be great parents. But I think it should be acknowledged that every young girl needs a female role model/mentor. And if that can’t be her mum or stepmother, for whatever reason, I think it’s her father’s responsibility to find a grandmother, aunt, older friend- whoever, but somebody- who can fill that role. And I’d say the same the other way around for boys.

I would have died a thousand deaths if my dad had tried to talk to me about periods.

I'm fairly sure my dd feels the same about her dad.

My DH and my dad are fantastic men.

But I feel this is women's stuff, and men can just keep their noses out, tbh. I mean, understanding - maybe. Open to approach, if needed - yes. But I think men should keep their input to the absolute minimum - the thought of fathers proactively dashing about with sanitary products for their dd's makes me cringe.