'For the past few weeks, my daughter has taken what we call her 'emotional support tampon' everywhere.'
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For the past few weeks, my daughter has taken what we call her “emotional support tampon” everywhere. For example, the tampon made it to soccer practice and accompanied my kid while creating chalk drawings at the park. It occupies the same role in her life as a “binkie” or a “blankey” does for other kids. The only difference? My child’s “emotional support tampon” attracts far more side-eye than a pacifier.
“Um, it’s sort of like a Band-Aid for the inside. People who have uteruses bleed sometimes, and tampons help us deal with that.” Do I think my child understood this explanation? Definitely not! Nonetheless, I liked the precedent it set in our household ― one of openness about menstruation.Of course, not everyone approves of our family’s decision to be so honest about periods.
Indeed, the attitude that menstruation is a dirty secret that should be kept from children has real consequences. Keeping kids in the dark about body changes and reproduction can lead to real confusion when puberty begins. Research reveals many young people do not know what is happeningSuddenly bleeding out of your vagina ― and not knowing why ― is a traumatic experience. It might even make a kid think they’re injured or dying.
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