Beer slushies, burgers and a period expert: inside Pints & Periods, Knix's Toronto event teaching dads to handle the period talk without freezing up.

On June 15, the Monday before Father's Day, Kt by Knix — the period underwear brand for teens — is turning its Queen Street West store in Toronto into something between a bar and a classroom. The event, called Pints & Periods , pairs beer slushies from Bellwoods Brewery and burgers from Rosie's with a live conversation led by a period expert. The audience is dads. The subject is how to talk to a kid about menstruation without freezing up.

Knix is calling on fathers and father figures "who show up for the girls in their lives," and the night is built around easing the awkwardness more than teaching anatomy. Kids shouldn't have to handle their periods alone, the logic goes, and dads shouldn't feel helpless when the subject comes up. Attendees go home with a period kit to pass along to their kid.…