yes so OT hypothetical question. A local Realtor guy’s business card has a picture of him fastening a pearl necklace onto a little girl (presumably his daughter as he’s a such fambly man). That is so weird & Ew! right?
Her mom was Margaret White.
FairyChatMom:
That’s different - when you’re trying to toilet-train a toddler, you’re trying to make him or her WANT to make the transition from diapers to toilet, hence, applause makes sense. On top of that, for toddlers, immediate reward is important, they don’t have the maturity to realize that the rewards for toilet training are long-term.
With a period, I’m pretty sure that no pre-teen girl WANTS to have her underwear stained. They’re not what you’d call mature, but they can certainly understand, through simple, direct conversation without emotional overtones, the benefits of using pads or tampons.
Dude. You’re arguing about parenting with ZPG Zealot. Just…don’t. Cut and run.
I was in a public washroom when I realized that the event had occurred and thankfully my mom didn’t make a big deal out of it.
She did, however, the next time my dad visited break open a bottle of wine (Baby Duck to be exact - red wine, wtf) that had been in the fridge for ages. I kept asking why she had it when she doesn’t drink. Turns out she’d been saving it for “that” occasion. I was absolutely goddamn mortified.
ETA: My sweet, loving, caring mom didn’t mean at all to “embarass” me, I guess she just wanted to mark the occassion with my other parent somehow.
To be fair, that pad did not look, to my admittedly untrained and male eye, like it needed to be fished out of anything. I assumed it was sitting prettily on the very top of the pail.
Did she share the wine with you?
And to my admittedly untrained and male eye, looked way too big for her. Please tell me they make smaller pads/tampons for younger consumers.
The Cosby Show did a whole episode about Clair wanting to celebrate Rudy’s first period. It was then that I decided the show had been on way too long.
At the beach, it’s possible she did not have a pad or tampon (or didn’t care to get one). Also, many women who have mental problems relating to their own their sexual organs become disgusted when their daughters begin to menustrate. I knew a girl whose mother slapped her when she announced she had started her menustral period and not because of folk custom. It was because she said the word menustral outloud which the mother considered a “dirty” word.
My first thought was to equate celebrating menstruation with a party for a boy’s first wet dream. I don’t think that’s entirely accurate, but really - what’s the celebration part for? I thought the whole point of sex-related discussions was to avoid making a big deal over hormone- and sex-related developments and/or questions. Doesn’t having a period party do just that?
I guess it depends on the kid. I know I was somewhat excited to get my period…before it happened. Then when reality set in with all the cramps, bloating, crankiness, new messes, and ability to get pregnant, the whole thing seemed anticlimactic and way overrated. Had my mom thrown a party for me, I sure the heck wouldn’t have been there. I don’t think teenagers appreciate milestones like those. In my head I would’ve been celebrating dirty undies. Yay, me! 
i seem to remember in an earlier thread one person (over) shared that she and her mother did “period art” to celebrate the moment.
not something i would hang on the 'fridge.
Actually, I’m having no trouble at all with this one. Menstruation is one of those things that just bring out the crazy in parents. If one is narcissistic to begin with, or any one of a hundred other disorders, I can totally see them acting out in far worse ways upon the realization.
I mean, haven’t you ever seen “Carrie” ffs?
Mom: “Honey, I just noticed that some of the pages of my Victoria’s Secret catalog are all stuck together. You send out email invitations to everyone in the family, I’ll find a caterer.”
I so badly want to make a crack about potato prints but I think it might be in bad taste.
My grandmother sent me a card. I think I have some sort of PMDD. I silently ripped it to shreds. I’m on meds now and it’s all great, but sometimes my hormones go whacky and I can feel that old feeling creeping up on me. How it can be something to celebrate is beyond me. Yeah, ok, for some people it’s not like that. Whatever. For some it is. It’s like celebrating someone getting depressed for the first time. Or celebrating while somebody slowly drowns.
Thismust have started going around in response to the video in the OP. It showed up on my FB feed today, and I have to say, she TOLD me! LoL!
Grossssss.
I cannot imagine that any teenager, of either sex, wants to be discussing sex stuff with their parents.
I’ve never understood this attitude. Who the heck else can they ask? Who the heck else would you WANT giving them answers?!?
Yes.
Me: “What is this for?”
Mom: “My daughter is a woman now!”
Me: horrified dawning realization…
Cue the “embarrassed teenager” drama fit.