That happened to me too when I was in 5th grade, and I remember it clear as day, although I am 41 now, a long way past 10!

My mom brought me to school with a small purse full of maxipads, and then went up to my teacher and whispered in her ear what was going on. My teacher smiled at me and I thought I would die of embarrassment. Our desks were grouped together in groups of 4, and the 3 other girls wanted to know why I brought a purse (which I never had before) and kept taking it with me to the bathroom. I would rather have died than told them.

When I went up to the teacher's desk to ask a question during the activity, one of the girls got the purse out of my desk and showed it around our group. When I came back, they were all very "sympathetic" (ha ha, didn't seem that way at the time and still doesn't) and said that it was nothing to be ashamed of, etc, and I shouldn't be embarrassed. I wanted to crawl in a hole too, and still do every time I think about it.

I think you did a great thing for your daughter! Please give her a big hug for me, because I know just how she feels.

Love, Candy