Dr. Ruth's guide to teens and sex today
Subtitle: from social networking to friends with benefits
By: by Ruth K. Westheimer and Pierre A. Lehu.
Contributors: Lehu, Pierre A.
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780807749050
Subjects: Sex instruction for teenagers.; Parent and teenager.; Teenagers -- Life skills guides.
Genres: Life skills guides.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The basics; title: Parents must be sexually literate; title: Your homework assignment; title: Your behavior counts; title: Fighting peer pressure; title: Fear doesn't work either; title: Ducking the issue; title: An alternate model; title: The wisdom of the ages; title: A word about privacy; title: Improving your own sex life; title: Teamwork; title: Girls and boys; title: Advice for parents of boys; title: For daughters; title: Your child's changing body; title: Secondary sexual characteristics; title: Precocious puberty; title: Raging hormones; title: Timing; title: Dealing with a child of the opposite sex; title: Nocturnal emissions; title: Menarche; title: Fathers and daughters; title: Confusion reigns; title: For boys; title: For girls; title: Talking about the birds and the bees; title: When the subject gets more personal; title: The school yard; title: The talk; title: Oral and anal sex; title: STDs; title: Setting standards; title: Sex ed classes; title: The moral message; title: Homosexuality; title: For parents of younger children; title: Nudity; title: Inappropriate touching; title: Language; title: Interfering relatives; title: Siblings; title: Friends; title: Protecting children from predators; title: For boys; title: For girls.; title: Counteracting peer pressure; title: How to counter peer pressure successfully; title: The plan; title: Curfews; title: Positive reinforcement; title: Family as team; title: The wrong kind of friends; title: Controlling sexual behavior; title: Or would there?; title: An infinite memory; title: Admit your mistakes; title: Keep your past to yourself; title: With regard to the future; title: Sex bracelets; title: Maintaining vigilance; title: Hip Hop; title: Madison Avenue; title: Clothing; title: A hard job; title: For girls; title: For boys; title: Computers and social networking; title: Sidebar: sexual predators; title: It's not just sexual predators; title: Vulnerable teens; title: Join a social network; title: Invading their privacy; title: I heard the news today, oh boy; title: Cyberbullying; title: The odds of running into a cyberbully; title: A word about schools; title: Starting early; title: For boys; title: For girls.; title: Computers and sex; title: What's available; title: You're the expert; title: What to say; title: Body image; title: Blocking the negative effect; title: Software; title: Kids don't need a computer; title: Replacement porn; title: A literary alternative; title: The dreaded return from college; title: For girls; title: For boys; title: When your teen starts dating; title: Sticking with the pack; title: A lack of friends; title: Benefits of counseling; title: Dating; title: Friend with benefits; title: Everybody's doing it; title: Using the media to your advantage; title: The prom; title: When you know your teen is sexually active; title: Supplying condoms; title: I hate him/her; title: Getting professional help; title: Bringing in an arbitrator; title: The value of patience; title: But she's only thirteen; title: Latch-key teens; title: For girls; title: For boys; title: If your child is gay; title: Easier said than done; title: Coming out; title: For boys; title: For girls; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix A: Myspace contract; title: Appendix B: Web resources; title: Index; title: About the authors.