Am I Weird or Is This Normal? Advice and Info to Get Teens in the Know

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Summary: Just in time: A terrific, helpful book!
Review: I just saw the authors on the CBS Early Show, talking about staying in touch with your kids when they go away to school. My daughter's going off to college and I have to say, I'm nervous. I've been hearing about suicides and drinking problems on campus. I figured I could use some help. I was so impressed with Dr. Potash and her daughter, Laura, that I read the book in one sitting! And I've decided to give it to my daughter to read. These two are comfortable with each other, and really seem to like each other. That's rare enough. But they also seem able to laugh about the things they disagree about. I figure maybe some of that will rub off on me and my daughter! The book covers lots of important subjects I think we need to be talking about and gives me the resolve to keep up the communication.

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Summary: how hard it is to face our kids are doing these things!
Review: My experience working with both adolescents and their parents in psychotherapy suggests that this is a most necessary book. (...) it's clear why: parents and other adults have such a difficult time accepting that adolescents are so interested in so-called adult issues like sexuality, drugs, money, and violence in the culture. Whereas kids are already exploring and talking about these issues on a routine basis, and given how they're bombarded with so-called 'adult' themes by the media, it's appalling how little they feel they can share with their parents. This book helps to change that, by providing kids with accurate information - and providing adults with a way to have honest conversations with kids. And kids want this! They really do. Information empowers teens, and empowered, educated teens make smarter decisions for themselves. Paradoxically, knowing more about sex and drugs actually helps teens resist sex and drugs. This book is invaluable in helping the dialogue and providing accurate information.

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Summary: Parents watch out for this one.
Review: Parents beware. This book assumes that kids can find out everything they need to know about sex from it, that parents are too stiff and out of date to talk about sex to their kids,so they don't really need to be involved in talking to their kids. This book pretty much comes from the standpoint that teens are going to have sex and that parents don't understand why teens need that pleasure and/or parents are envious of their teens wonderful sex lives. It talks about abortion like it is no big deal. And it gives false information on condoms protecting one from STDs. It talks to teens like parents are clueless about anything involving teen sex. What a piece of ...

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Summary: Don't buy this book!
Review: Since when does a book that deals with puberty and first menstrual periods also need to contain explicit information about how to perform oral sex? I reviewed this book for the kids' school library. It will NOT be going on the shelf. There are other, more age-appropriate publerty/teen sexuality books on the market

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Summary: good advice but boring
Review: they gave tons of good advice, but the overall book was pretty boring and not something I will want to go threw again and again exept maybe once a year or evrey two years if thats what my life comes to, but most likely it wont.

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Summary: Am I Weird Review
Review: This book is so great! My mother bought it for me, and I thought that I wouldn't use it like all that other junk she gets me, but it was actually really cool. The stuff on guys and sex and stuff was really good, and my friends have all had fun looking at it with me (I brought it to my friend's sleepover party!) All you girls should definitely get this.

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Summary: Contains explicit descriptions and instructions for oral sex
Review: This book shocked me when I found it on the shelf of our favorite local toy/book store. I was looking for a wholesome guide for my preadolescent daughter, and thumbed through this book, only find detailed instructions on how to perform oral sex! Shocked, I returned the book to the shelf and thought that perhaps I was just out of date. Now I am just outraged that the cover and blurb does not indicate the type of content. Parents could easily believe it is the kind of guide which honors a child's innocence, but it is not.

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Summary: Finally someone's figured out that weird is normal!
Review: Well, I didn't finish my back-to-school reading because I stayed up all night reading this book. I thought I knew it all (I'll admit that to you guys, but I never said that, ok?), but I just loved this book! IT starts with a bunch of what they call Lifelist points that are sprinkled throughout the book that really speak to a lot of things that bug me about my life these days, kind of like pointers on how to deal.I learned a lot of really specific tips about communicating with your parents that I definitely plan on trying. But what I really liked best about this book is that it doesn't talk down to teenagers or assume we're all alike. It gives in depth information (the sex section is especially incredible), and the advice is usually from both a teenager and a psychologist point of view. I'd recommend this book to anyone who is a teenager or wants to understand the pressures teenagers are under. This is one fantastic book!

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Summary: Being a teen was bad enough, but raising one...
Review: What Dr. Spock was to babies, Dr. Potash and her daughter are to teenagers. Their book, Am I Weird or Is This Normal, recounts the joys (there were at least two) and the problems (I don't think the number has yet been discovered by mathematicians) of owning a teenager. I found myself alternately cringing and rocking with laughter as I made my way, with some trepidation, through this enlightening and entertaining narrative. Warning to parents: the sexual escapades of the teens who were interviewed may not be suitable for your delicate sensibilities. Warning to teenagers: all your secrets are revealed, so beware the fully informed parent. If you're a parent who has teenagers or children on the verge of teendom, this book may cause you to put your kids up for sale on e-bay. However, if you're at the stage where you're merely contemplating having children, this book will give you ample time to prepare yourselves. And, if you're a teenager, you'll not only find examples of your own escapades, but of a few you only dreamed about. And they're all for real. And yes, believe it or not, this is all normal. So hold on to your hair, dudes and dudettes, because you're in for a wild read.

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Summary: Am I Wierd or is this Normal
Review: Wow! Finally a well written user friendly guide to deal with those tough question. I can now speak with my teenage step daughters and have the right words at hand. So if I get any flack I can show my source. I am impressed with the style and ease of accessing specific topics. This is not a novel -- A Great book if you need to know & talk as a teen, parent or grandparent.