This Texas teacher is helping make her students' menstrual cycles a little easier [View all]
This Texas teacher's goal is to provide everything she can for her students -- and that includes pads and tampons.
As an eighth grade teacher in Austin, Kylie DeFrance's students are between the ages of 12 and 14. This is the time that most girls start their menstruation cycle, according to The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Remembering what it's like to go through this phase herself, DeFrance began thinking of ways she could make it easier for her students, she told CNN.
"I want to provide them with what they need, whether that be a pencil or a tampon," DeFrance said.
"A lot of these scholars go home and are the parent to their siblings, and maybe can't go to the store that day," she continued. "Or, they can't afford the pad or tampon that would be best for them, or maybe they don't have a good relationship with their parents."
Her school provides only one type of pad, DeFrance said, so she began purchasing pads and tampons to give her students more options. She soon became the go-to teacher for all things menstruation.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/10/us/texas-teacher-menstrual-products-trnd/index.html
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How great is this?
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