A U.S. mother has recently revealed that she encourages her teenage sons to carry "emergency" period supplies in their backpacks, and affirms they "will be better men for it."
In a personal piece submitted to Cafe Mom, Tara Ahrens shared that she wants her boys to be prepared to help out their menstruating classmates in case of an emergency, but she's also making sure to normalize such facts of life for the pair so they don't consider topics like periods to be taboo.