Weird myths around puberty?
did any of you guys also have a mother who believed in crazy myths, especially surrounding puberty? for instance, my mom made me drink a lot of milk growing up in hopes of me growing to be 170cm AT LEAST (didn’t work obvs). made me massage my feet at night before bed every day for the same reason. my sister who didn’t do either of these things is taller than me.
and then when i got my period, everyone around me told me to not shower during it since otherwise blood would allegedly clot around your abdomen and cause a myriad of reproductive problems (like pcos, infertility, etc.). i was also barred from eating chicken breast for a while since my mom thought whatever was fed to raise the chicks was also the reason that caused my boobs to grow 😭😭.
i just generally hated the way puberty made me look because of all the change in how i was treated by my mom and her friends etc. so much unnecessary shame was brought in for no reason lmao.
did anyone else hear any of these growing up?