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Back to school time to get your child period ready

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Plasmodesmata · 02/09/2023 12:02

From an advertisement I see on this page, that's the headline.

It links to page below.
I never knew I needed to have this discussion when my children were younger, they didn't get this important information about what people should do when people have their first period.
https://www.always.co.uk/en-gb/period-prepared-hub/

Let’s talk first periods

It is straightforward, there is no place for fear or confusion. It conveys the message in a conversational and normal way, and it seems it would work great with the content.

https://www.always.co.uk/en-gb/period-prepared-hub

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Maaate · 02/09/2023 13:48

It makes no sense, they always manage to have photos of the right type of people to illustrate these articles (plus their own website uses the right name for these people). 🤔

Back to school time to get your child period ready
Louise0923 · 02/09/2023 18:29

It is important to talk to your children about their first period. Not just about giving them the facts but also to open the line of communication between you both. I never had this talk with my mum which meant when I started I felt as though I couldn’t tell her 😱 I was always envious of friends whose parents were so open with them.

EmpressaurusOfCats · 02/09/2023 18:33

“On the journey of growing up, the road is paved with a myriad of emotions and the first period can be an overwhelming experience. Studies reveal that one in three individuals entering puberty feels unprepared for this significant milestone in their lives.”

Well, yes. I imagine most penis owners will be utterly unprepared for their first period.

DebsSmithy887 · 02/09/2023 18:56

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ZeldaFighter · 02/09/2023 19:51

They don't mention your mum ringing both your grandmothers to tell them. So that they can then double the embarrassment by calling back to congratulate you on "becoming a woman". Looking back, I think it was sweet but at the time, I was mortified.

Britinme · 02/09/2023 20:23

My mum had been left completely unprepared by her own mum, and started her period while she was at a swimming class with her school. The teacher refused to tell her what was happening and sent her home to her mother, who casually said "oh yes you'll be getting that once a month from now on". That was somewhere around 1930.

She was much better at telling me what to expect, and when I started (somewhere around 1963) she announced to my dad "daughter's joined the club", which I wasn't completely sure how to feel about at the time, but on the whole quite proud of myself.

Maaate · 03/09/2023 09:50

Louise0923 · 02/09/2023 18:29

It is important to talk to your children about their first period. Not just about giving them the facts but also to open the line of communication between you both. I never had this talk with my mum which meant when I started I felt as though I couldn’t tell her 😱 I was always envious of friends whose parents were so open with them.

When would be the best time to talk to my son about his periods?

dimorphism · 03/09/2023 11:08

Ah, erasing girls whilst trying to flog them products based on the messy reality of their biology is quite the misogynistic kick in the teeth.

They'd be off my list of companies to ever buy from but were already there due to the misogyny of thinking women wanted to smell like cheap air freshener during their periods. I remember almost choking when passing their products in store they smelt so vile. Do their products still smell toxic?

dimorphism · 03/09/2023 11:09

Surely it's not good for you to have that much scented 'product' against delicate skin?

Wahinewontwheesht · 03/09/2023 11:44

Well, just as well it’s only pads they sell, otherwise there’s going to be a lot of lads worried about just where to put that tampon.
FFS🙄

LouisaPeanut · 03/09/2023 11:53

If the point is…. They’ve said “children” and not “daughters”, I just can’t get annoyed about this. The quote there says “individuals”. It’s not wrong, it’s not reducing women to bodily functions, it’s just taking the sex based language out of it. I accept there are teenage girls that will be struggling with being called a “girl” or a “women”.

Hopefully society doesn’t continue down its batshit crazy plan to eradicate biological sex, and so parents will continue to be aware which of their children will start periods and which won’t. In which case, they will know who to talk to without it being pointed out to them. (Plus, it doesn’t seem to tell parents what age their children are likely to start their periods, so I think we can assume they’re writing this with an understanding that parents will have the basics down already.)

And in the long term, maybe one day we can fix the root of the problem and these girls won’t struggle with being referred to as such.

RavingStone · 04/09/2023 09:10

Blinding work by the patriarchy there!

Socialise little girls to please others. Objectify and harass them as soon as they hit puberty. Hold them up to unachievable gender stereotype standards. Offer the difficult ones a route "out" - you're not a girl after all! - thus alienating them from the women the patriarchy fears the most, lest they join them.

Oh and if we can sell them some shit along the way, even better.

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