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Summary: This book saved me...
Review: I am a 14 year old now. My mom bought this book when i was around 10 or 11 and just left it in the shelf. I read every page of this whole book alone. I never really discussed it with my mom, but I don't remember feeling uncomfortable or anything. Some lady wrote about erections being something a preteen should know about?!?! Crazy?!? The pictures are cartoons...if your kids watch MTV, that is much more graphic then this website! Many video games have sexual seens in them as well. You get 10x more graphic and explicit stuff just going to school everyday! Kids these days are so much more exposed to sexual things then when you were kids. So if you think your kid will think too much of this your probably wrong. I know many kids in 6th and 7th grade who started looking at pornography on the internet already. This book explains everything in a good way, and has some humor. BUY THIS!
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Summary: i HATE this book
Review: i am actually a kid that has to read this book. it is probably the most embarasing book out there! if u r a parent reading this do not get this book unless u want to embarass ur child! it has info that parents think is good but it gives it in ahorrible way
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Summary: This is a great book for families and children
Review: I bought this book for my 10 year old niece. She read it through in one sitting. This is a great book - factual, clear and simple but not condescending. Some of the subjects are a little mature for kids, but that's why you, as a concerned adult, read it in advance and stay available to talk about it with the children you care about.This book is easy to read, well organized, honest, and comprehensible. Best of all, it answers the questions kids want to ask and doesn't make them feel weird for wondering. I highly recommend it to anyone who cares about children and teaching them about healthy, responsible sexuality.
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Summary: Too much; too soon
Review: I did not like this book. I didn't like the very explicit cartoons. The book begins by discussing sexual preferences. A little further, it attempts to describe how an orgasm feels. This is not the place I would want to start from in giving my 9 year old information about her development and sexualilty. I believe that at 9, my daughter needs information about her changing body; not about birth control or sexual preferences. Certainly these (and other) topics are important but they don't need to all come in the same package or at the same time.
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Summary: Real-World Answers To Honest Questions
Review: I encountered this book in a bookstore two years ago, when my daughter was 10. I thought it was perfect, and I knew it was the book I wanted to give her when I thought she was ready to learn about 'the birds and the bees'. However, I felt she needed to be a little older before I was comfortable giving it to her. Well, she just turned 12 and started her period, so I decided to make this her "Welcome To Womanhood" present. It's a different world than when we were kids. 12 year olds are talking about things we didn't even know about until we were halfway through our teen years. If our kids know they can trust us to give them the facts, they'll always know they can turn to us when they're uncertain about something they see or hear. Yes, this book pulls no punches. Yes, this book instills no prejudices. Yes, this book explains things you may find uneasy for your child to learn about. But on this very important subject, would you rather have them listening to you, or to their peers?
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Summary: Excellent Tool!
Review: I found this book to be a very helpful tool for my daughter. Fabulous pictures that are not offensive or intimidating for her but often make a sensitive subject humorous and enjoyable to learn about. Subjects such as homosexuality are presented in a wonderful manner as they are subjects we cannot avoid in these times and children will often hear about from their friends in a way that is inappropriate. I read it from front to back before giving it to my daughter, then gave it to her to look at and read so that she can come to me with questions whenever they arise. I highly recommend this to any parent.
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Summary: Just what I was looking for!
Review: I needed something to help me teach my children, particularly my 9 year old daughter. This book turned out to be perfect. It answered all her questions, and did so in a non-boring way with great pictures too. It is not more for boys than girls or vise versa, as so many of the books on this subject are. It gives all the facts as well as addressing myths. It also gives the slang words for things. It's pictures show diversity of size & color which is wonderful. Any parent who wants their children to be informed about their own body and it's workings as well as prepared for the world needs to get them this book, pronto!
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Summary: A great resource for pre-teen parents!
Review: I purchased this book over a year ago when my daughter was nine. After a short perusal I decided it wasn't quite time to bring it out, but have kept it in the back of my mind for 'the right time'....it amazes me how quickly 'the right time' sneaks up. This book is well organized into several sections and addresses the basics of various 'sex' topics: sex and sexuality, physiology, puberty, the 'scientific' side of reproduction, health issues, and family life. The discussion is both frank and appropriate; assuming your child has begun asking questions and/or started through puberty. The chapter layout provides the ability to address topics one by one or as you see fit. 'Sensitive' topics such as homosexuality, birth control, abortion, and STD's are covered (distinct sections if you are not ready to address them ) along with some history and 'varieties of public thought' discussion. The illustrations are commendable - all of shapes, sizes, ages, and colors. The author integrates the various slang body terms - addressing both their humor and/or disrespectfulness as well as discussing gossip, teasing, superstitions, and all the confusing things that abound. Many of the other positives are addressed in earlier reviews. My one critiscm is lack of pronunciation guides or 'sounds like' references. I think it's critical to provide confidence in saying the words correctly - for both children and parents! (Though a good incentive to promote use of the dictionary.)
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Summary: This book is not for everyone...
Review: I read the book before deciding not to give it to my grandchildren and I'm so glad I did! I found it extremely graphic, and my experience with children is such that "looking at the pictures" can distract from the information an author intends to convey (like buying Playboy for the "articles"?). Also, the book purported to be value-neutral, but subtly conveyed the idea that although "some people" believe that this or that behavior is unacceptable, the behavior is somehow so "normal" that one shouldn't be overly concerned about the "morality" of it. I chose a different book for my grandchildren.
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Summary: Very helpful for parents
Review: I truly enjoyed this book! I bought it when my son started asking me questions and this book helped me to put the topic of sex in perspective along with body changes and reproduction. It is well written and normalizes the changes that youth are going through. One reviewer found it too graphic for her grandchildren but I know that kids will be reading truly "graphic" magazines if they don't get the answers they need from their parents. I found the illustrations warm and non-threatening. I highly recommend this book.
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