by Editor | Dec 7, 2015 | Girls, Literature, Menarche
Guest Post by Jacqueline Thomas Having entered my Ph.D. program in English already aware of the general need to better prepare girls for menarche, I wrote Lizzy & the Light Below in the midst of my studies to give moms a tool for starting the conversation with...
by David Linton | Sep 30, 2015 | Girls, Menarche, Menstruation, Television
Menarche month began at re: Cycling with reference to the brilliant first period talk Roseanne gave her daughter Darlene in a 1989 episode of Roseanne. We’ve chosen to end it with another TV reference from the beloved Canadian series of series named for the...
by Editor | Sep 28, 2015 | Girls, Menarche
Guest Post by Dr. Jerilynn C. Prior, UBC, Centre for Menstrual Cycle and Ovulation Research 16-year-old Jody is anxious to talk to someone. This is what she wants to say: “My period is out of whack! I never know when it is coming. I only get it a few times a year. ....
by Laura Wershler | Sep 26, 2015 | Menarche
September has been #MenarcheMonth at re: Cycling, and as it draws to a close–just two posts left to come in the menarche series–I thought I’d collate the links to the full range of topics our contributors have covered this month. I kicked it off by...
by Editor | Sep 24, 2015 | Girls, Menarche
Guest Post by Suzan Hutchinson Do you remember being seven years old? Engage your imagination for a few minutes and try re-entering your seven-year-old world. Remember what fun life was. Recall what grade you were in, and what you enjoyed about school. Reconnect with...
by Editor | Sep 21, 2015 | Girls, Menarche, Motherhood
Guest Post by Sheryl Mendlinger, PhD The impetus of my research on menstruation started many years ago when my daughter Yael was in her teens in the 1990s, and came home from school and told me that her friends said, “If you use tampons you could lose your virginity.”...
