Fatherhood | Kids | Current Affairs
How many times have you walked past or accidentally walked down the mysterious Feminine Hygiene aisle in the drug store and been overwhelmed by the choices? Maybe your partner has sent you to the store on a mission to buy pads without specific information and you encounter The Feminine Hygiene Wall of Choice.
Imagine being a 12 year old girl, anxious about getting your first period [Read more…]
Like most men (and women) you are probably uncomfortable with the idea of talking about a woman’s periods, and especially uncomfortable talking about your daughter’s period. We are trained to avoid discussions of women’s menstrual cycles unless it is to talk about ‘that time of the month’ or PMS. That training will not help you prepare your daughter for her first period or support her as she adjusts to this change in her body and the others to come throughout puberty. [Read more…]
The other day my seven year old and I were out grocery shopping and as I was looking for kleenex, she was examining the ‘feminine hygiene’ products. When I saw what she was looking at I mostly spent the rest of my kleenex search hoping no questions about tampons or menstruation pads would come my way.
Apparently I didn’t hope strong enough. [Read more…]
Kids operate at a different speed than adults. Typically the opposite speed. If you are in a rush, kids slip into slow motion mode. If you are taking it easy kids will demand playing a high-energy game. These differing perceptions of the space-time continuum can often lead to conflict. It certainly does for me. I need to learn to stop rushing kids through the day. [Read more…]
School mornings are tough. It has always been a challenge to get my kids up and out of bed, dressed, fed and out the door properly attired for the weather. With some luck and perhaps a little coercion, harassment, shouting, tears (all mine) and lots of stress to go round, we get to school just as the bell rings. This drama is all with elementary school kids. I expect that by the time they are in high school I won’t have any of these troubles – right?
Last year we actually succeeded in eliminating most of the stress [Read more…]