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The "What's Happening to My Body" Book for Boys, Revised Third Edition (What's Happening to My Body?) |
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| Author: Lynda Madaras Published: 2007-06-25 |
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List price: $12.95 Our price: $10.36 |
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Customer comments on this selection. Great book to share a difficult subjectI bought this book years ago to help me talk to my teens. It does cover slang words (but yes -- as embarrassing as that is just reading them aloud made us laugh & took the sting/scariness out of talking about such things). It is appropriate for a child entering puberty who needs to know that his/her parents are willing to have a frank discussion. You can concentrate of the topics that are of interest to the child (ie. most boys are not going to spend to much time of drawings of hymens). It discusses the fears that some kids have as their bodies change and who knew these were issues esp. if you are the opposite sex (ie. boys being afraid they might be turning into girls with changes in their breast tissue) -- and it has actual stories written by the folks who had these fears. Without this book, I would have had a hard time developing an openness about sex with my kids. They are older now...15/17, but neither is sexually active that I know of. I am confident though that if/when they are ready, they understand they have an open discussion if they should choose to talk about it and they have the information they need to keep themselves safe & start to formulate their own beliefs about their sexuality. I think these are great books.  A Solid Book for a Parent and Adolescent to go Through TogetherPrevious reviews have knocked this book for presenting anatomical drawings, medical descriptions, and even slang - assumably for teaching too much. While I understand the fear a parent feels, I believe the presentation is appropriate. Further it seems important that an adolescent know these terms. They will be used by teachers and schoolmates increasingly from Junior High forward. An adolescent who does not know them will be left to their own imagination. An adolescent who has been taught the terms with the help of caring parent will feel safe. Further by going through the book together a parent can teach the child what terms are appropriate and that sexuality is something to be respected, not feared. (Parents, please don't make sexuality a frightening taboo - it will just drive your child to experience it inappropriately.) As another review points out this book is somewhat academically written. I believe this is because the book is designed for a parent and adolescent to go through together. I would suggest presenting parts of this book beginning as early as 10 but no later than 13 - as the parent feels the child is ready for the information. There is a companion workbook that is written more in an adolescent's language - for them to read alone.  way too much information - inappropriateI thought this was a book I could share with my 10 year old son as a reference guide to learn about what changes he can expect and about how babies are made. I was wrong! There's no way a preteen, or teenager for that matter, boy needs to know all the information detailed in this book! It's over the top with unnecessary, if not, inappropriate graphic drawings of labeled external male & female body parts. (I'm not a prude, but why would a 5th grade boy need to see drawings of the different types of female hymens??? -- ridiculous!) It also has lists of all the slang, crude nicknames for male and female body parts. I wasn't planning on teaching him the "p" word and the "c" word -- this book does. It does cover things like acne, body hair, perspiration, spontaneous erections -- that's great stuff boys should know about. How to measure your masculine parts (complete with diagrams) -- why is that necessary?? I was hoping to gently ease into the discussions I need to have with my son. The unnecessary information is so in-your-face blunt that I'd have to edit out about 75% before I'd let a child or teenager read it.  What's Happening to My Body - book for boysThe purpose of the book for me was to read it to a 10 year old boy, to help him understand what was happening to his body and to explain sex and sexual feelings. It is written by someone who taught the subject and rather than have it as a readable book, it's more instructional and explains the author's way of teaching the subject part of the time and then it seems to become more of a book you'd read to a child entering puberty. Some areas are good and detailed and some things are written in a corny way. I would rate the book on a scale of 1 to 10 as maybe a 3. What I've had to do is read a chapter first, and then scan it as I'm explaining it to my 10 year old boy. It does cover the territory. |
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