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Celebrating Menarche
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Celebrating Menarche
I plan to take said daughter out to dinner or as one daughter has requested
to a day at the spa. It is a very special event and I do plan on celebrating it. My mom did nothing and frankly I am glad she didn't. We didn't have that type of relationship, but my daughters and I do. While I wouldn't have a party per se, but a special night out with me will be in order. -- Sue (mom to three girls) "cheekymama" wrote in message lkaboutparenting.com... Its funny how many people reply with ICK or YUK or why would you want to celebrate that? ANYWAY... As a mom of a girl who will be starting her womanly cycle soon, I also would like advice on celebratory traditions for when my daughter enters this new wonderful womanhood. I know Im not gonna get any advice from my family, as "Christians" alot of them look at it as some sort of dirty thing to be hidden. WHATEVER. It would make it so much easier if people who didnt like the idea and thought of it as icky, would just not reply, then those of us who ARE interested in CELEBRATING with our daughters, the wonder that is Menarche...we could do so without having to sift through dozens of emails that werent helpful. |
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Celebrating Menarche
"dragonlady" wrote in message ... In article , Patty wrote: cheekymama wrote: : Its funny how many people reply with ICK or YUK or why would you want to : celebrate that? ANYWAY... : As a mom of a girl who will be starting her womanly cycle soon, I also : would like advice on celebratory traditions for when my daughter enters : this new wonderful womanhood. I know Im not gonna get any advice from my : family, as "Christians" alot of them look at it as some sort of dirty : thing to be hidden. WHATEVER. It would make it so much easier if people : who didnt like the idea and thought of it as icky, would just not reply, : then those of us who ARE interested in CELEBRATING with our daughters, the : wonder that is Menarche...we could do so without having to sift through : dozens of emails that werent helpful. Your daughter will probably just hate you for this a couple of years.= ) I was so mad at my mom for letting everyone know!! I wonder if this is partly how it's talked about at home? We didn't have a public celebration, but we did have a family celebration, and neither of my daughters was terribly upset about it. But talking about things like menarche is not considered embarrassing in this house, so having the rest of the family know wasn't a Big Deal. (My only concern is that we didn't have anything similar for my son, but he didn't seem concerned. I talked to him about it once, and he just shrugged it off.) I wonder, if there was some other kind of coming of age celebration for both boys and girls, would you (the cumulative you) even consider celebrating menarche which, to me, is such a personal thing. I mean, we talk about it in our family and we're very very open about sex, but I don't think a 10 year old girl needs to share her bodily functions with her brother, celebratory or not. If one does celebrate this, I don't see it as a family affair, but rather a private mother/daughter thing. YMMV, of course. Marjorie -- Children won't care how much you know until they know how much you care |
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Celebrating Menarche
In article ,
dragonlady wrote: (My only concern is that we didn't have anything similar for my son, but he didn't seem concerned. I talked to him about it once, and he just shrugged it off.) Oh, that's easy -- after his first wet dream, he gets to do the washing! :-) -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "Life is like a cigarette -- smoke it to the butt." -- Harvie Krumpet |
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