A Blessing Not a Curse: A Mother-Daughter Guide to the Transition from Child to Woman (Milner Health) by Bennett, Jane, Bennett, Rebecca Jane (2002) Paperback

by Jane Bennett

A sensitive book for parents that dispels the notion of the curse, replacing it with a positive view of menarche and menstruation. It offers practical advice on how to explain menstruation to your daughter, help her cope with mood swings and pain, as well as handle such issues as contraception.

Paperback

First published August 1, 2002

About the author

Jane Bennett is Professor of Political Theory and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of The Enchantment of Modern Life: Attachments, Crossings, and Ethics and Thoreau’s Nature: Ethics, Politics, and the Wild, and an editor of The Politics of Moralizing and In the Nature of Things: Language, Politics, and the Environment.