Sex and Sensibility: The Thinking Parent's Guide to Talking Sense About Sex

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Sex & Sensibility: The Thinking Parent's
Guide to Talking Sense About Sex

A new paradigm for talking honestly about sex and sexuality with our children
 
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 * Contents, Sex and Sensibility

* Read about The Five Core Needs of Children and Adolescents
"Whenever children present us with sexual issues or situations, they are always expressing one or more of only five easily identifiable, developmentally based needs." More...

* Deconstructing Gender with our Children

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Sex and Sensibility: The Thinking Parent's Guide to Talking Sense About Sex, was published in January, 2001, by Perseus Publishing. Sex and Sensibility is available online from Barnes & Noble.Com or Amazon.Com, directly from the publisher, Perseus Publishing, or from your local bookseller.

Michael Gurian, author of The Wonder Boys:
"Sex and Sensibility is a remarkably wise book. It offers a new way of thinking about sex and sexuality and shows parents the way to best communicate that understanding to children of all ages. This is essential reading...it will help all of us be better parents."

Michael Riera, co-author Field Guide to the American Teenager: "Our kids, from an early age, are more curious and more knowledgeable about sex and sexuality than most of us dare to image. Fortunately Deborah Roffman has written this book to assist us in initiating and getting comfortable in these life-affirming discussions. By book's end, you might even find yourself looking forward to these conversations!"

Deborah Roffman's second book, But How Did I Get In There: Talking to Your Young Child About Sex was published by Perseus Books in April 2002.

For parents of three to six year olds, a wise and charming guide to talking about sex, conception, and birth. Young children ask questions about sex, sexuality, conception, and birth that can be embarrassing or uncomfortable for parents. With her characteristic good sense and cool head, author Deborah Roffman will put even the most awkward parents at ease, giving them the skills to talk confidently with young children about these important but delicate issues.

In this wonderfully reassuring book, readers will learn that the key to talking with children about sex is knowing that their questions fall into three easily recognizable categories. At age three or four, kids are curious about geography ("Where was I before I was here?"), and at four or five, about delivery ("Exactly how did I get out of there?"). Finally, the six year old's classic stumper--"But how'd I get in there in the first place?"--is about cause and effect, not about imminent sexual activity! With the emotional and developmental

 
 

Rabbi Elliot N. Dorff, author This is My Beloved, This is My Friend: A Rabbinic Letter on Human Intimacy: "I frankly wish that my parents had had this book when they were raising me and that I had had it when I was raising my own children. It is a wonderfully warm, witty, and, especially, wise book....Absolutely everyone should read it."

Barbara Kemp Huberman, Director of Sexuality Education, Advocates for Youth: "Sex and Sensibility offers parents a concrete, practical and sensible road map to guide their sexual health parenting skills. Every parent needs this book to ensure their children grow up to be adults who are respectful, responsible, and are capable of healthy and safe intimate relationships."
     
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