I am so sorry this happened to your daughter.. Bless her heart.. She is sooo lucky to have you and your support.

Years ago when my son was in the fifth grade, we would every evening take the dogs for their nightly stroll. It was a time when when we would spend time together and just chat about most anything that we had on our minds.

Well right out of the blue, my son said " mom, what is a period?" Being caught a little off guard I told him it was a dot at the end of a sentence. He said ooo so that is what the girls are talking about at school.. And we moved on to another topic......

I guess being caught off guard I didn't know what to say. He now is 25 and sometimes we laugh about that night. Esp when we go down memory lane about the "fibs" I told him.. The period being one... another one was he'd grow hair on his chest if he ate all his green beans... which of course, he ate tons of green beans.

I have always been open and "honest" with him on important issues, except when it came to sex education or periods.. I totally scramble inside and have no idea how to explain these things.