Sex and Your Teenager: A Parent's Guide Paperback - 2001 - 1st Edition

Summary

First line

Puberty is the point in a young person's development when the body begins to change from that of a child to that of an adult.

From the rear cover

Adjusting to the changes in your children as they grow is often difficult. Coping with the change from child to sexual person can be the toughest one yet. How can I talk about sex without becoming embarrassed? How do I protect him/her from pregnancy and disease? They think my values are just old-fashioned, I think theirs are nave - who's right?

Dr John Coleman provides parents and carers with clear and helpful advice on these and many related issues, based on his long experience of working with young people and their families. Illustrated by real-life situations and filled with practical solutions, each chapter also provides details of organisations that can help and other sources of information.

An invaluable source of advice for all families, this book will also be useful to teachers, nurses and other professionals working with young people.
Anne Weyman, OBE, Chief Executive of the Family Planning Association, has written the Foreword to the book.

"This excellent and comprehensive book will inform and reassure parents and carers about sex and young people. Many adults find the topic difficult and embarrassing; John Coleman, in clear and direct language, covers topics such as bodily changes, relationships, personal safety, risky behaviour, sexual orientation, sex and the law and the roles of parents and schools. The book will prove invaluable for those adults with a responsibility for young people."
Doreen E. Massey (Baroness Massey of Darwen)