How do i explain to my 12 year old daughter that her Period will not ruin her life like she thinks it will?

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Since your avatar shows you as a man, I would advise you to have an older woman talk to her about it. If there is no mother present, is there an aunt, an older female cousin, a grandma? Is the school nurse female?

I know from talking to single dads that sometimes daughters just really don't want to hear about it from a male. They want to talk to a woman about it, and see proof that it hasn't ruined them, or their life. They want to hear stories about how to cope with the whole thing. They want someone they can talk to on an ongoing basis, when different questions come up. Sometimes they just aren't comfortable talking to men about it. I know I certainly wasn't at that age.

Best of luck to you :)

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well that depends why does she think it will?

You bring her in to the pediatrician... a female if necessary, and ask them to sit down with you and explain why a period is necessary for a young female, and that she can control it when she becomes older.

take her to a nurse or some female medical person that can explain things better. This is a subject most girls would not like talking to men or boys about even thier dads.

Time, not words, will take care of that. just make sure she has plenty of supplies. It can be overwhelming until it becomes routine!

Its a rough time for a little girl. The best way to explain it to her is to explain she is becoming a woman. Teach her how to take care of it. How to clean herself afterwards. Tell her ALL women go thru it and she will be okay and if she wants to explore or talk to other girls about it there are many secure places on the net for her to talk to girls her own age.

ask her why she thinks it will ruin her life and then address those issues

well... it won't ruin her life completely only about two weeks out of a month, but it is tramatizing and it means she is moving into womanhood and maybe she doesn't feel she is ready for it yet. Just reasure her that you are there to support her in any way you can and that it is a natural part of life, besides if it were for periods none of us would be here.

tell her she's not going to die but her life will become more complex.It should be also be a little exsiting become she is becoming a young adult/young women....take your pick.

i thought it would ruin my life also but it wasn't so bad

1st,, tell her that as a future woman her body is getting ready to womanhood and that all woman go trough the same thing. so there is no stopping, is like growing, we all grow up since babies. It can not ruin her life because, see we have good technology and inventions, we have many ways to protect from the liking like tampons they are great to help you forget about the period. They are not messy like regular "cotex".

just tell her she'll get used to it...its always hard at 1st but once u get used to it you find out it really doesnt effect your life taht much. if she still dont think so.. get her the depo shot... 4 periods a year...cant complain abt that rather than the usual 12 right?

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