Parent/Carer workshop for children who will one day menstruate.

About:

Raising Menstruation aims to support you, as parents of children who will one day menstruate. It has been designed as a dual aspect programme.

1. To help you consider and prepare for your own child’s menarche and early years of menstruation. And to understand the context of menstruating in todays society.
2. To help you reflect on your own experiences of menarche and menstruation.

Benefits:

● Menstrual shame and stigma, what it is, where it came from and its impact
● What do our children want and need to know about the menstrual cycle
● How is menarche experienced in our society and in other cultures
● What menstrual education are your children already receiving
● What is happening to the menarche body
● Early or Late
● Anatomy and physiology
● Cycles
● Spiritual aspects of menstruation (grounded approach)
● What to expect
● How can we prepare
● Role models
● Navigating the menstrual product market
● Menstrual tracking
● Sustainability

Additional information:

Grace has been working and studying in this field for the last 10 years. The menstrual cycle is a deeply complex one, entrenched in shame and stigma which I believe to be a carefully and intentionally constructed form of oppression and disempowerment.
Whilst studying the menstrual cycle academically Grace’s interest in menarche solidified, with the understanding that menarche is a life transition with a lifelong impact. A positive experience at menarche can improve body literacy, self esteem and health outcomes. Raising Menstruation is an answer to the question, if menarche is so important, where is the re-education for parents to support their children through this?
Grace has a particular interest in menstrual shame and stigma and the context in which we experience menstruating in. Grace aims to consider what menstruation actually is, can it become central, and what an education to support this view looks like for our young people.