Quote Originally Posted by Irulan
I've always been of the frame of mind that if I had had daughters, I would honor the first period with a something, a celebration of transition into woman hood. I've read of wonderful modern day ceremonies where a father buys his daugter flowers and takes her out to dinner, or small rituals honoring the transition. For too long in modern culture periods have been treated as something gross, nasty, disgusting ("the curse") instead of a recognition that now you have the power to create life.

irulan

Well said Irulan
With the rise of Judaeo-Christian religions and Islam, the place women amongst the pantheons faded from being the first, to being wives and daughters to being almost nothing... and with it our visibility and "power" has waned.
We should be celebrating our daughters whenever we can - including this time... her first "dark moon"... we have the power to create life... we should celebrate when this power begins...