Why I Included My Son in the Period Conversation

Removing the stigma from menstruation

Removing the stigma from menstruation

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I’m trying to normalize the experience of being human to my children. Periods aren’t weird or disgusting in my household. They’re just a normal part of the growing-up package when the one doing that growing has a uterus. When my daughter hit those tween years, I knew it was time to sit h…