My daughter loves anything that is marketed toward women. Her latest thing is the Luna packets you can add to water, to flavor it. She says, "This is for women only, sorry, brothers, you can’t have any." It’s really cute.

So, she was drinking the Luna Elixir earlier when she said to me, "I hope this is not the sort of water that will stop your period." I laughed and told her it wouldn’t. "Good," she said, "because I would hate for my period to stop before I even get it!"

She’s six and worried about when she’ll get her period. I remember the days of worrying about getting my period, it was my big Are you there, God? It’s me, Margaret phase. I was 11, and got my period before many of my friends did. 20 years later, I’ve got dealing with my period under control, but I remember the total anguish it used to cause.

I wonder what it’ll be like for her. I wonder if the marketing Always and Kotex are doing toward teens will help any. I’m thinking it won’t, I think girls have been anguished about their periods from the beginning of time.