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Additional Resources(For Parents of Children with Typical Development)
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Note: In addition to resources for parents, you will also find that we have included resources for children here. Before you pass along any of these resources to your child, we strongly suggest that you check them out first. We may think that a particular website or book is a great resource for children, but that doesn't mean you have to agree. Choose materials that reflect your values and the messages you want your child to receive. |
For Parents at KidsHealth
Resources for Parents at Rutgers
Tools for Parents at Planned Parenthood
For Parents at KidsHealth
Resources for Parents at Rutgers
Tools for Parents at Planned Parenthood
For Parents at KidsHealth
Resources for Parents at Rutgers
Resources For Parents, Champions & Mentors at Power to Decide, the campaign to prevent unplanned pregnancy
Resources for Parents at The Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health
PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
For Parents at Talk with your Kids
For Parents at Teaching Sexual Health
There’s No Place Like Home… for Sex Education from Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon
SIECUS (Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States)
Scarleteen: Sex Ed for the Real World
Scarleteen is the most popular sex education and sexuality advice website for teens and young
adults.
For Teens at Planned Parenthood
Sexual and Reproductive Health at Go Ask Alice!
It Gets Better Project for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning youth who can't imagine a future for themselves.
But How’d I Get There in the First Place? Talking to Your Young Child About Sex, Deborah Roffman, Perseus Publishing, 2002
When Sex Is the Subject: Attitudes and Answers for Young Children, Pamela Wilson, Network Publications, 1991
Talking to Your Kids About Sex: A Go Parents! Guide, Lauri Berkenkamp and Steven C. Atkins, Nomad Press, 2002
Raising a Child Conservatively in a Sexually Permissive World, Sol Gordon and Judith Gordon, Adams Media Corporation, 1999
Your Daughter's Bedroom: Insights for Raising Confident Women, Joyce T. McFadden, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
Anatomy
Amazing You: Getting Smart About Your Private Parts, Gail Saltz, Puffin, 2008
Bellybuttons Are Navels, Mark Schoen, BookSurge Publishing, 2008
The Bare Naked Book, Kathy Stinson, Annick Press, 2006
Who Has What?: All About Girls’ Bodies and Boys’ Bodies, Robie H. Harris, Candlewick, 2011
Birth and Babies
It’s Not the Stork!: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends, Robie H. Harris, Candlewick, 2008
It’s So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies and Families, Robie H. Harris, Candlewick, 2004
Where Did I Come From?: A Guide for Children and Parents, African-American Edition, Peter Mayle, Lyle Stuart, 2000
Before You Were Born: A Lift-the-Flap Book, Jennifer Davis, Workman Publishing Company, 1998
How Babies and Families Are Made: There Is More Than One Way!, Patricia Schaffer, Tabor Sarah Books, 1988
Hi New Baby!, Robie H. Harris, Candlewick, 2003
Families
And Tango Makes Three, Justin Richardson, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2005
Adoption Is for Always, Linda Walvoord Girard, Albert Whitman & Company, 1986
Charlie Anderson, Barbara Abercrombie, Margaret K. McElderry Books, 1995
Free to Be a Family, Marlo Thomas & Friends, Bdd Promotional Book Co., 1992
Asha’s Mums, Rosamund Elwin and Michele Paulse, Women’s Press (UK), 2000
All Families Are Different, Sol Gordon, Prometheus Books, 2000
Gender Roles
In Christina's Toolbox/En la Caja de Herramientas de Cristina, Dianne Homan, Lollipop Power Inc., 1994
William’s Doll, Charlotte Zolotow, Perfection Learning, 1985
Oliver Button Is a Sissy, Tomie dePaola, Sandpiper, 1979
The Sissy Duckling, Harvey Fierstein, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2005
The Story of Ferdinand, Munro Leaf, Viking Juvenile, 2011
Sexual Abuse
It’s My Body: A Book to Teach Young Children How to Resist Uncomfortable Touch, Lory Freeman, Parenting Press, 1984
Loving Touches: A Book for Children About Positive, Caring Kinds of Touching, Lory Freeman, Parenting Press, 1985
I'm Happy Sad Together: A Book to Help Young Children Understand Complex Feelings, Lory Britain (formerly Lory Freeman), CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012
Something Must Be Wrong with Me: A Boy’s Book about Sexual Abuse, Doris Sanford, Multnomah Books, 1993
My Body Is Private, Linda Walvoord Girard, Albert Whitman & Company, 1984
Alice Doesn’t Babysit Anymore, Kevin B. McGovern, Alternatives to Sexual Abuse, 1985
Parent/Teen Breakthrough: The Relationship Approach, Mira Kirshenbaum and Charles Foster, Plume Books, 1994. This book is not about sexuality; it’s about parent-teen relationships, and somehow, inexplicably, it never became the bible of parents everywhere. Get this book!
Talking to Your Kids About Sex: A Go Parents! Guide, Lauri Berkenkamp and Steven C. Atkins, Nomad Press, 2002
Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They’d Ask): The Secret to Surviving Your Child’s Sexual Development from Birth to the Teens, Justin Richardson and Mark Schuster, Three Rivers Press, 2004
Sex and Sensibility: The Thinking Parent’s Guide to Talking Sense About Sex, Deborah M. Roffman, Da Capo Press, 2001
From Diapers to Dating: A Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children From Infancy to Middle School, Debra W. Haffner, William Morrow Paperbacks, 2008
Your Daughter's Bedroom: Insights for Raising Confident Women, Joyce T. McFadden, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
The “What's Happening to My Body?” Book for Girls, Lynda Madaras with Area Madaras, William Morrow, 2007. Got a daughter? Get her this book – preferably before she hits puberty.
The “What's Happening to My Body?” Book for Boys, Lynda Madaras with Area Madaras, William Morrow, 2007. Got a son? Get him this book – preferably before he hits puberty.
Let’s Talk About Sex: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex & Sexual Health, Robie H. Harris, Walker Childrens Paperbacks, 2010
It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health, Robie H. Harris, Candlewick, 2009
It’s So Amazing!: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies and Families, Robie H. Harris, Candlewick, 2004
The Amazing Life of Birds: The Twenty-Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech, Gary Paulsen, Yearling, 2008
What’s Going on Down There?: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask, Karen Gravelle with Nick and Chava Castro, Walker Children’s, 1998
The Period Book: Everything You Don’t Want to Ask (But Need to Know), Karen Gravelle and Jennifer Gravelle, Walker Children’s, 2006
Growing Up: It’s a Girl Thing, Mavis Jukes, Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1998
“What’s Happening to Me?” A Guide to Puberty, Peter Mayle, Lyle Stuart, 2000
The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls, American Girl Library, Pleasant Company Publications, 1998
Period.: A Girl’s Guide, Joanne Loulan and Bonnie Worthen, The Book Peddlers, 2001
Hair in Funny Places, Babette Cole, Hyperion, 2000
The Guy Book: An Owner’s Manual, Mavis Jukes, Crown Books for Young Readers, 2002
Let’s Talk About S-E-X: A Guide for Kids 9 to 12 and Their Parents, Sam Gitchel and Lorri Foster, The Book Peddlers, 2005
What’s the Big Secret?: Talking about Sex with Girls and Boys, Laurie Krasny Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2000
Girl Stuff: A Survival Guide to Growing Up, Margaret Blackstone and Elissa Haden Guest, Sandpiper, 2006
Puberty Girl, Shushann Movsessian, Allen & Unwin, 2005
Parent/Teen Breakthrough: The Relationship Approach, Mira Kirshenbaum and Charles Foster, Plume Books, 1994. This book is not about sexuality; it’s about parent-teen relationships, and somehow, inexplicably, it never became the bible of parents everywhere. Get this book!
How to Talk with Teens About Love, Relationships, & S-E-X, Amy G. Miron and Charles D. Miron, Free Spirit Publishing, 2001
Sex and Sensibility: The Thinking Parent’s Guide to Talking Sense About Sex, Deborah M. Roffman, Da Capo Press, 2001
Staying Connected to Your Teenager: How to Keep Them Talking to You and How to Hear What They're Really Saying, Michael Riera, Da Capo Press, 2003
The Real Truth About Teens and Sex: From Hooking Up to Friends with Benefits – What Teens Are Thinking, Doing, and Talking About, and How to Help Them Make Smart Choices, Sabrina Weill, Perigee Trade, 2006
From Diapers to Dating: A Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children From Infancy to Middle School, Debra W. Haffner, William Morrow Paperbacks, 2008
Beyond the Big Talk: A Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens – From Middle School to High School and Beyond, Debra W. Haffner, William Morrow Paperbacks, 2008
All About Sex: A Family Resource on Sex and Sexuality, Planned Parenthood, Three Rivers Press, 1997
The Wonder of Boys: What Parents, Mentors and Educators Can Do to Shape Boys into Exceptional Men, Michael Gurian, Tarcher, 2006
The Seven-Year Stretch: How Families Work Together to Grow Through Adolescence, Laura S. Kastner and Jennifer F. Wyatt, Houghton Mifflin, 1997
Ten Talks Parents Must Have With Their Children about Sex and Character, by Pepper Schwartz and Dominic Cappello, Hyperion, 2000
Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth – and Their Allies, Ellen Bass and Kate Kaufman, Harper Perennial, 1996
Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers’ Schemes, Sharon Lamb and Lyn Mikel Brown, St. Martin’s Press, 2006
Real Boys: Rescuing Our Sons from the Myths of Boyhood, William Pollack, Owl Books, 1999
Your Daughter's Bedroom: Insights for Raising Confident Women, Joyce T. McFadden, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011
The “What's Happening to My Body?” Book for Girls, Lynda Madaras with Area Madaras, William Morrow, 2007. Got a daughter? Get her this book – preferably before she hits puberty.
The “What's Happening to My Body?” Book for Boys, Lynda Madaras with Area Madaras, William Morrow, 2007. Got a son? Get him this book – preferably before he hits puberty.
S.E.X.: The All-You-Need-to-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through High School and College, Heather Corinna, Da Capo Press, 2007
Changing Bodies, Changing Lives, Ruth Bell, Three Rivers Press, 1998
It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health, Robie H. Harris, Candlewick, 2009
Deal with It! A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a gURL, Esther Drill, Heather McDonald, and Rebecca Odes, Gallery Books, 1999
The Guy Book: An Owner’s Manual, Mavis Jukes, Crown Books for Young Readers, 2002
GLBTQ: The Survival Guide for Queer & Questioning Teens, Kelly Huegel, Free Spirit Publishing, 2003
The Real Truth About Teens and Sex: From Hooking Up to Friends with Benefits – What Teens Are Thinking, Doing, and Talking About, and How to Help Them Make Smart Choices, Sabrina Weill, Perigee Trade, 2006
The Underground Guide to Teenage Sexuality, Michael J. Basso, Fairview Press, 2003
Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youth – and Their Allies, Ellen Bass and Kate Kaufman, Harper Perennial, 1996
Sexual Decisions: The Ultimate Teen Guide, L. Kris Gowen, Scarecrow Press, 2007
Compiled from Resources for Parents at Rutgers and many other sources.
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