"I have talked with her."
*** Disclaimer: This blog post involves discussing menstruation and the female reproductive system. If you get uncomfortable with these topic(s), you might want to skip this one. *** I'll be quite honest - a lot of people don't like talking about private things with their parents. Even though as grown adults we all realize that "we all go through it" and it's normal, it doesn't make it easier when we're younger. This is why Husband and I try very, very hard to talk openly about things and always tell all of our kids that there is nothing to be ashamed of; their bodies are changing, things are different, they're going to have questions and it's absolutely nothing to be embarrassed about or ashamed of. ( Did I tell you that Son asked me how you french-kiss? Afterward he asked if I thought it was "weird" that he asked me; I told him no, because he didn't know how, he wanted to know, and that was totally normal for his age. ) ...