My Daughter Asked Me This Question and the World Stopped Spinning

There’s only so much I can do to protect her from this

Stephanie D. Rondeau
Modern Women
Published in
5 min readApr 22, 2024

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Photo by Jon Flobrant on Unsplash

Recently, one of the things I’ve dreaded most about becoming a parent came true.

My seven year old daughter came to me, dressed for soccer with pants over her shorts to combat the early morning chill. She asked me, “Does this look funny?”…

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Stephanie D. Rondeau
Modern Women

MS, ATC, CSCS. Kidlit author and editor, query liaison. Mostly writes about writing, health and wellness, feminism, and parenting. Occasionally funny.