In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations. We try so hard from the time our babies are born to instill a sense of confidence in our daughters. As girls begin the metamorphosis into women, it seems all our hard work is lost. Many parents watch as hormones and self-consciousness transform their once gregarious child into something barely recognizable.
Mothers watch on painfully as they recall their own embarrassment.
Some try to talk more openly with their offspring, hoping that more knowledge will allay some of what they endured themselves because of the lack of information they received. It helps, but I think it needs to go even further. There must be a better name. I suggest that we honor the time of a girls first period. Take her out to dinner, buy her flowers, give her symbolic gift such as a ruby ring or a locket to put a momento the childhood she'll leave behind.