If you have teenage daughters, it is possible that one of the topics you have to discuss with them at some point is their period. For it, On the market you have the book "The cool rule." Have you heard of him?
If you haven't, or you're still not sure if it's a good book or not, we're going to talk to you about it below. Shall we start?
Who wrote The Cool Rule
One of the first facts you should know about the book The Cool Rule is that it is written and illustrated by two people. On one hand, you have Anna Salvia. On the other hand, Cristina Torrón, alias Menstruita.
Anna Salvia is the author of the book. She is a psychologist in both education and sexual health and The Cool Rule is not her first or only book. Actually, she has quite a few non-fiction works, all of them related to sexuality. However, this book we are referring to is focused on children (and, in fact, has more for that group).
For its part, Cristina Torrón Menstruita is an illustrator and has been in charge of drawing the drawings for La Regla Mola. Although we could say that it also has a lot to do with the book since it was she who created the Menstruita project, based on sexual education for young people. This is made up of The Cool Rule, Your Cool Body and The Cool Semen.
As an author she has several books on the market, such as Mammasutra and Do you want to swim with me?
Together with Anna Salvia they have made a great team, as well as with Marta Torrón, her sister, with whom she takes More books added to your sexual health projects.
What is The Cool Rule about?
The book The cool rule does not have a very difficult argument to understand, since the topic it deals with is already stated in its title: the rule. Thus, focused on girls, this book tries to give visibility to menstruation, a taboo topic for years and one that women must live month by month, sometimes with prejudice from others.
That is why the author wanted to collect in the book all the knowledge so that girls and adolescents do not feel uncomfortable with this transition of their body from girl to woman and everything they need to know to See it as another element of your evolution, and not as a problem that comes every month.
Here is the synopsis of the book:
«Having a period is cool... But you have to know how it works.
TALKING ABOUT COOL SEXUALITY
What is menstruation? How does the menstrual cycle transform you? Does the period hurt? What options do you have to avoid getting stained? Does the first period come suddenly?
Everything you've always wanted to know about menstruation (and you have never dared to ask) explained in a direct and fun way to live these changes with confidence and well-being. Because having a period is cool, but you have to know how it works.
Is it a single book?
The author released the book The Cool Rule. AND We could say that yes, it is a unique book. But in reality it is part of a series of books, all of them on topics related to female sexuality, which are the following:
Mammasutra: 1001 postures for women in distress
It is a comic that shows women's positions when they have children. In such a way that they must not only deal with the doubts and problems that arise, but also with trying to emerge victorious and submit to positions. Of course, although It has nothing to do with sex. (as you might think when reading the title of the book), it does place you in everyday moments and feeling identified with them.
A new way to menstruate
A book more related to The Cool Rule, in which Anna Salvia tries to break myths and taboos regarding periods and provide not only knowledge, but also tools to understand what happens in the body, know the cycles, respect them and have menstruation in a healthier way .
Your body is cool
A year after La Regla Mola was published and was a bestseller, authors Cristina and Marta Torrón released a new book, Your Body Mola, where They tried through the pages to make everyone aware of their body.
Focused especially on women, it is focused on preventing problems such as anorexia, bulimia, low self-esteem... and at the same time discovering how the body will change with sexuality, maturity, etc.
Your semen is cool
The last of the books in this series is this one, also by Cristina and Marta Torrón, in which, in this case, they focus on boys. Between its pages The objective is to break the taboos that young people have and help them understand how their body and sexuality work without thinking that they have to be one way or another.
In this case, focused on children, The book focuses on knowledge of the male body, of sexuality, his first ejaculation and in semen.
Apart from these books, there are more to choose from with related topics such as porn, the vulva, the penis...
Who is the book for?
After everything we have told you about The Cool Rule, it is clear that the book's target audience is the little ones in the house. But, Specifically, we are talking about girls from 8-10 years old onwards.
In fact, it is a good idea to talk to them about this process that they are going to experience before so that they can see it as something natural in their body (and so that it does not catch them by surprise). In this way, with the book it will be easier to explain things to them and, above all, prepare them for it without them feeling different or less (or more) because their turn has come (or they have to wait longer).
Did you know the book The Cool Rule? If you have read it, what did you think?