Jessica Biel Talks to Her Sons About Her Period. She Wants More People to Do the Same.

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was not high on the list. Frankly, it wasn't even on the list. But when she and her producing partner, Michelle Purple, went in for a meeting with the founder and CEO of A Kids Co.

to see about collaborating, suddenly , and found herself adding “children's author” to her list of jobs.“It was a total accident,” Biel tells Glamour over Zoom. “I've always been interested in the female reproductive health and wellness space, and how I can be involved a way that feels authentic and helpful for me, my family and other people's families.

And it was just one of these weird kind of kismet moments where we were asked what we wanted [to talk about and explore]. Michelle and I thought, ‘Well, the first thing that really comes first for young women is your period.’ And even as a 40-something, I still don't know that much about it on some level.

I don't know why my cycle does the things that it does. And it's crazy that I feel that way at my age.”And so, A Kids Book About Periods was born.