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The Essesntial Guide to Parenting Adolescents and Giving 'The Talk'; Everyone agrees parents must talk to their children about sex, but the questions always arise: How do I start? What should I cover? This book offers advice on exactly how to begin and what to say - t just about sex, but the wider issues of safety, character, peer pressure, ethics, meeting people on the Internet, and mixed messages from TV. Unlike many similar books on the subject, Ten Talks does t aim to discuss theories, but actually provides real talks to be given to young people in a language easily understood. Based on invative and proven approaches that the authors are using in successful parent workshops in their everyday jobs, these talks can be adapted for all kinds of families and offer immeasurable rewards, strengthening the relationships of parents and children. This invative and illustrated book gives step-by-step strategies for mums and dads and helps prepare young adults for the complex world of relationships, sex, and growing up.Product Identifiers
PublisherHyperion
ISBN-100786885483
ISBN-139780786885480
eBay Product ID (ePID)103445830
Product Key Features
AuthorPepper Schwartz, Dominic Cappello
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicSex & Sexuality
Additional Product Features
Place of PublicationNew York
Content NoteIllustrations
Author BiographyPepper Schwartz is a professor of sociology at the University of Washington. She has also been a past president of the Society for the Study of Sexuality and a charter member of the International Academy of Sex Research. The author of twelve books, she writes several magazine columns and appears on national television in the US. Dominic Cappello is an internationally renowned designer of parent-child courses. He is also a policy adviser on school violence and harassment and the author of Ten Talks Parents Must Have With Their Children About Violence (currently available from Turnaround).
Date of Publication18/10/2000
Country of PublicationUnited States