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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do you plan to handle things like periods, bra shopping, first boyfriends (basically all of the things my DH is terrified of when it comes to our DD), etc..[/quote]

Same way I plan to handle everything. We'll talk about it, we'll read books about it, and if needed, we'll pull in "experts." I grew up with two sisters; I'm not afraid of a little bra talk. [/quote]

Ah, okay, that makes sense.  But do you feel like it may be beneficial to have adult female figures that she can talk to about these and other things?  Teenage girls seem to tend to be less than receptive when it comes to talking to dad about some things. or maybe that's what you meant by "experts"..[/quote]

I took on being a single parent prepared to handle everything that will come up, in each stage of childhood. So if that means I need to figure out how to explain how to use a tampon, I will. To me, part of being prepared means having a few other people as backup in whatever ways are needed at different stages of childhood. I have guy friends and girl friends, and my daughter will be welcome to go ask for help from one of my girl friends (or one of her friends' moms if that's who she chooses) if she's more comfortable talking with them than me about things. [/quote]

NP here. For those worried about the girl not having a female around to talk to about tampons and bras: plenty of us had moms right there in front of us and we STILL didn't have any kind of fantastic chit-chatty relationship. My mom was painfully awkward to talk to about those things. I know men who'd be much better at it than my mom. OP, if your daughter ever feels like she wishes she had a mom to talk to about these things, have one of your female friends explain to her that you can be as good as any mom at this.[/quote]

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