Even when you’re trying to raise a fierce, independent, take-no-prisoners daughter who laughs in the face of gender stereotypes, there are certain things that almost every mother of a daughter will experience. Here are 10 of them.
There will probably be a princess phase
You’ll start listening to pop music again
And you might even start to like it. Hello, Lizzo.
Your lipstick or mascara will go missing, regularly
Your makeup drawer is considered free game, whether you like it or not.
There will be a mean girl
And it will shake loose all of your worst middle school memories.
There will be secrets
That little girl who told you everything will become the tween or teen who has a secret or two — and it might break your heart.
Her period is actually NBD
Honestly, we’ve come a long way from Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. You can barely find giant maxi pads anymore, let alone sanitary belts. Now she can track her cycle on an iPhone app and wear period panties so she doesn’t need to sneak off to the girls' bathroom during 3rd period with tampons and panty liners in hand.
That said, PMS is still real.
You’ll start providing mom-mentary for everyday life
(And some of it might even sink in.)
“‘Mom-mentary’ is what our girls call my weighing-in on movies, social media memes, and TV shows,” says Lori Hamor, a mother of two girls, now both in college, from Ojai, California. “If we were watching a show that glossed over civil rights or left out women's contribution to the economy, I would pause the show and give further explanation," whether it's about the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire or endocrine disruptors.
