Milwaukee has this mom website/message board and it's the best way to find out what's happening around the city. It has a weekly calendar - which has terrific ideas. But I was looking at what's on tap for the weekend and saw this:
Celebrating Your Daughter's First Period
Location: The Tool Shed
Time: 11:00 am - Noon
Cost: Free
Your daughter's first period can be an exciting and emotional experience for both her and you. At this workshop, get a review of the physiology of the menstrual cycle, how it may affect your child, and how to celebrate this important rite of passage. Facilitated by Lucky Tomaszek, former doula and author of Vital Source's "Slightly Crunchy Parent" column.
First of all, the idea cracks me up. Second, the location is The Tool Shed? I don't know what that is, but it sounds so...I don't know...primitive? Sounds very witchcraft-like to me! (I say this jokingly, so please don't flip out here...) I am fairly sure that I would've DIED if my mom took me to this.
A Cherry on Top
FurBaby_Mom wrote: Milwaukee has this mom website/message board and it's the best way to find out what's happening around the city. It has a weekly calendar - which has terrific ideas. But I was looking at what's on tap for the weekend and saw this:
Celebrating Your Daughter's First Period
Location: The Tool Shed
Time: 11:00 am - Noon
Cost: Free
Your daughter's first period can be an exciting and emotional experience for both her and you. At this workshop, get a review of the physiology of the menstrual cycle, how it may affect your child, and how to celebrate this important rite of passage. Facilitated by Lucky Tomaszek, former doula and author of Vital Source's "Slightly Crunchy Parent" column.
First of all, the idea cracks me up. Second, the location is The Tool Shed? I don't know what that is, but it sounds so...I don't know...primitive? Sounds very witchcraft-like to me! (I say this jokingly, so please don't flip out here...) I am fairly sure that I would've DIED if my mom took me to this.
Actually.... it IS a pagan rite of passage :) Called "menarche", it's a way of celebrating a young woman's passage into womanhood. I've been to several and they've always been a positive and uplifting experience for the young gal in question :)
Trish ~ It's all fun and games until somebody loses an EYELET!
Wild Cherry
People from Milwaukee are just plain weird.
~pam~
Chocolate Covered Cherry
I totally agree with Furry!! I would have DIED too!
Pagan...What religion is that? Just curious.
Pagan...What religion is that? Just curious.
Wild Cherry
But at THE TOOL SHED?! That's hilarious. "Hey, meet us out back when the men are asleep. Bring your lavendar."
Amy
"hoarder of supplies"
"hoarder of supplies"
A Cherry on Top
*groan* OMgawd Amy... you're making me choke on my thistle... :PFurBaby_Mom wrote: But at THE TOOL SHED?! That's hilarious. "Hey, meet us out back when the men are asleep. Bring your lavendar."
Trish ~ It's all fun and games until somebody loses an EYELET!
Cherry Jubilee
I am sure my dd would have died had I takedn her to that---
now the TOOL SHED part had me thinking more along the lines of what not to do in the tool shed---KWIM
now the TOOL SHED part had me thinking more along the lines of what not to do in the tool shed---KWIM
Wild Cherry
Where IS the Tool Shed? I know the Machine Shed (which, btw, is about halfway between us and we should meet for lunch 
)....but the Tool Shed?
)....but the Tool Shed? ~pam~
Chocolate Covered Cherry
The Tool Shed sounds like a bar- actually I think it is one around here!
So they're having their girly celebration in a bar? And I love that the woman's name is LUCKY!
So they're having their girly celebration in a bar? And I love that the woman's name is LUCKY!
Digital Designers
Chocolate Covered Cherry
My word! I would have been so humiliated if my mother took me to something like that.
The Tool Shed? That's hilarious!
The Tool Shed? That's hilarious!
Cherry Tart
The time to celebrate periods is when they're DONE... no more periods!
periods are overkill. about 40 years x 12... a bit much... you have to wonder, what was he thinking when he invented that.......
the tool shed, that's a guy place... the shed in the yard w/all the stuff in it, the gas can, the lawn mower... no room for a party!
periods are overkill. about 40 years x 12... a bit much... you have to wonder, what was he thinking when he invented that.......
the tool shed, that's a guy place... the shed in the yard w/all the stuff in it, the gas can, the lawn mower... no room for a party!
Cherry Cola
That's kind of weird!
Jenn
Don't fear the challenge, challenge the fear.
Don't fear the challenge, challenge the fear.
Cherry Blossom
I AGREE WITH DUSSIE. THE TIME TO CELEBRATE IS WHEN THEY ARE OVER.
Nan
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Cherry Cola
OK seriously the tool shed. They couldn't find a living room or something.
But on another note- Its not a horrible idea. When I got mine I literally screamed "mom, i'm bleeding to death" I had no idea what was happening. Of course my mom didn't expect to me start at 10 but still.
But on another note- Its not a horrible idea. When I got mine I literally screamed "mom, i'm bleeding to death" I had no idea what was happening. Of course my mom didn't expect to me start at 10 but still.
Cherry Bing
that is so creepy, just what every mom wants to do with their teenage daughter...
ShanShan
Cherry Blossom
Actually, it doesn't sound like it's for moms and daughters, just for moms. ("...how it may affect your child,... how to celebrate") And, from a daughter whose mother could not talk to her about her period but could only mumble something about "napkins" and "belts" and hand me the things 
...? I wish my mom had had a workshop!!!
...? I wish my mom had had a workshop!!!Ann
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