Period Positive Families
Raising a generation of girls who don’t have to whisper about periods
We help parents and carers feel calm, informed and prepared to support girls through puberty, first periods and the years that follow.
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Dads & Father Figures
Period-Ready Dad, practical resources and support specifically for dads
Parents & Carers
First-period resources, conversation support and parent education
In Person Events
Pints and Periods, Pastries and Periods and future community events
Presented by a
WA teacher:
Content reviewed by gynaecologist, endocrinologist, fertility specialist
Less awkwardness.
Better body literacy
Stronger connections
Make your family a little more period-ready today
Create a home where periods can be talked about, questions are welcome
How we can help;
Period Ready Dad
Learn what to say, what to buy and what to do, before she needs you
Pints and Periods
Relaxed practical menstrual education for dads and father figures
First Period Starter Kit
Practical support to prepare her before her first period
Parent / Daughter Support
Mother–daughter circles, parent resources or Clarity Sessions
Prepare her before she needs it
Lots of small conversations instead of one big 'period talk'
Period Positive doesn't mean always loving your period, it means...
Periods are understood
Periods can be talked about
Periods aren't shameful
Girls receive support they need
Body Literacy starts at home
Period education is about more than managing bleeding.
When we teach girls about their bodies without secrecy or shame, we are also teaching them something much bigger.
We are teaching them that they are allowed to:
- notice what is happening in their body
- use correct words for their anatomy
- ask questions
- say when something hurts
- recognise when something does not feel right
- seek help
- ask for explanations
- and advocate for themselves.
Body literacy supports confidence, autonomy and self-trust.
Those skills matter long after the first period is over.
“Your awkwardness can become her shame — but your calm can become her confidence.”
Dad's involvement really matters!
Dads play an important role in their growing daughter's life
Coming soon to Margaret River
Pints and Periods
A fun, relaxed way for dads to learn what they need to know about Periods
Meet Katrina Christian
Founder, Teacher & Menstrual Health Educator
I teach this because I know what it feels like to live in a body you were never properly taught to understand.
Like many women, I learned the basic reproductive anatomy growing up, but it wasn’t until much later that I began to understand the menstrual cycle more deeply, what my hormones were doing, what my body was communicating and why that knowledge mattered.
I don’t want girls to spend decades discovering information they could have been given much earlier.
And I don’t want parents (especially dads) feeling shut out of these conversations simply because nobody taught them either.
Period Positive Families brings that knowledge into family life in a way that is practical, age-appropriate, shame-free and easy to use.