Only this DVD, girly purse and bracelet? It's called the My First Period Kit and DVD. For real.
Complete with '70s-inspired images, the DVD has pediatrician Chrystal de Freitas telling a bunch of young girls that "Puberty is the time in your life in which your body is going to grow for the last time." Talk about setting false expectations.
The pad purse. Most gals try to find discrete ways of packing their pads. A bright pink (purple?) pouch with a big butterfly, notsomuch.
And then there's the rubber bracelet, a la Live Strong, and it's purple with a butterfly on it. You know, to symbolize a caterpillar blooming into something pretty (if I could I would include a little emoticon here of the green face getting sick).
Here's the thing. Talking to a young girl about getting her period can be a little embarrassing for a mom. And it's ten times more embarrassing for the girl. But I think this type of kit would only make it more cringeworthy, right?
Just hand the girl a copy of the classic, Are you there God? It's me, Margaret followed by saying, "Read it. When you get to the part about a pad belt? Disregard it." Easy peasy.
In all seriousness, I applaud any effort to try to make it easier for parents to talk to their daughters about topics that could be uncomfortable. But does it have to be so corny? And there's the single dads with daughters that this product isn't even addressing.
Who learned about periods from Judy Blume? Who had "the talk" with their mom? Or daughter? And who would use something called My First Period Kit?
