Who will love me?Is sex the same as love?Who can I trust
These are just some of the questions that preteens often ask -- hard questions that parents do not always feel comfortable answering. Whether the topic is love, sex, pregnancy, AIDS, masturbation, dating, homosexuality, or sexual abuse, Dr. Michelle Harrison gives preteens the information that they need to make intelligent, responsible choices.
Dr. Harrison stresses that finding out what is best for oneself is the best way to grow up. She aims to help preteens believe in themselves and face the sometimes difficult choices presented to them in today's world of media influence, drugs, and sexually transmitted diseases. She speaks to preteens in their own language about what it means to be in love, to confront sexuality, and to act responsibly, hoping to set the preteen on the right path toward a loving and fulfilling adolescence and adulthood.
Sensitively illustrated by noted illustrator Lynn Beckstrom, The Preteen's First Book About Love, Sex, and AIDS is a book for parents to share with their children -- a book that can bridge the gap between the best efforts of a parent and the peer pressure of the schoolyard.
American Psychiatric Publishing
Discusses Who will love me?/Is sex the same as love?/How can I be safe from AIDS?/sex all alone/abuses of sex/etc.
Introduction: to the reader. Why take care of your body? About love. Sex: brain, body, and behavior. Signals from the body. Bodies that are challenged. What your parents worry about. Sex. Pregnancy. AIDS. The stages of teen sex. Before you even start, Ghosts from the past. Games in the dark. Kissing games. Going out. Cuddling. Going all the way: for sexual feeling; for intimacy; for attraction; for feeling grown up; for spite; for babies; for fear; for gifts; for boredom; for love. Gay feelings. Sex all alone. No sex. Abuses of sex. Sex and AIDS. The end and the beginning.
American Psychiatric Publishing
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Who will love me?Is sex the same as love?Who can I trust
These are just some of the questions that preteens often ask -- hard questions that parents do not always feel comfortable answering. Whether the topic is love, sex, pregnancy, AIDS, masturbation, dating, homosexuality, or sexual abuse, Dr. Michelle Harrison gives preteens the information that they need to make intelligent, responsible choices.
Dr. Harrison stresses that finding out what ...