Dad Education

Can she swim on her period? What works in the pool, tampon timing, the myths teens hear, a swim bag kit, and how a dad can bring it up.

How often teens should change pads and tampons, how to wash, what to skip, how to get rid of used products, and how a dad can bring it up.

PCOS in teenage girls is hard to tell from normal early cycles. How doctors diagnose it, how to handle acne, hair and weight talk, and what to ask the doctor.

Iron deficiency in teenage girls is common and easy to miss. The signs, which test to ask for, and how dads can help with food and heavy periods.

ADHD and periods are linked through estrogen and dopamine. What dads of teen girls should watch for, the PMDD link, and how to help on hard days.

You’re doing laundry and a box of tampons falls out of her gym bag. Nothing dramatic happens. She grabs it, mutters something, and disappears into her room. But for about four seconds, your brain runs through every half-heard horror story about toxic shock syndrome in teens, and you realize you don’t actually know what you’d…

If your daughter started her period early, before 9 or 10, here’s what counts as early but normal, what’s a red flag, and how to help her feel okay about the timing.

If your daughter shuts down every time you bring up her period, you haven’t broken anything. Here’s why the silence happens and what actually helps, without forcing a conversation she’s not ready for.

You’re not the biological dad, so the period conversation carries less built-in authority. Here’s how to coordinate with her mom, read her comfort level, and build the role in stages.

She’s missed the same two school days for three months and the ibuprofen has stopped working. Here’s how endometriosis shows up differently in teenagers, and the threshold that means it’s worth a closer look.