Tewksbury Public Library

Dr. Ruth's guide to teens & sex today, from social networking to friends with benefits, Ruth K. Westheimer and Pierre A. Lehu

eng

Includes bibliographical references (p. 145-147)

no index present

non fiction

Dr. Ruth's guide to teens & sex today

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Ruth K. Westheimer and Pierre A. Lehu

from social networking to friends with benefits

Introduction -- The basics -- Parents must be sexually literate -- Your homework assignment -- Your behavior counts -- Fighting peer pressure -- Fear doesn't work either -- Ducking the issue -- An alternate model -- The wisdom of the ages -- A word about privacy -- Improving your own sex life -- Teamwork -- Girls and boys -- For boys -- For girls -- Your child's changing body -- Secondary sexual characteristics -- Precocious puberty -- Raging hormones -- Timing -- Dealing with a child of the opposite sex -- Nocturnal emissions -- Menarche -- Fathers and daughters -- Confusion reigns -- For boys -- For girls -- Talking about the birds and the bees -- When the subject gets more personal -- The school yard -- The talk -- Oral and anal sex -- STDs -- Setting standards -- Sex ed classes -- The moral message -- Homosexuality -- For parents of younger children -- Nudity -- Inappropriate touching -- Language -- Interfering relatives -- Siblings -- Friends -- Protecting children from sexual predators -- For boys -- For girlsCounteracting peer pressure -- How to counter peer pressure successfully -- The plan -- Curfews -- Positive reinforcement -- Family as team -- The wrong kind of friends -- Controlling sexual behavior -- An infinite memory -- Admit your mistakes -- Keep your past to yourself -- With regard to the future -- Sex bracelets -- Maintaining vigilance -- Hip-Hop -- Madison Avenue -- Clothing -- A hard job -- For girls -- For boys -- Computers and social networking -- Sidebar: sexual predators -- It's not just sexual predators -- Vulnerable teens -- Join a social network -- Invading their privacy -- I heard the news today, oh boy -- Cyberbullying -- A word about schools -- Starting early -- For boys -- For girlsComputers and sex -- What's available -- You're the expert -- What to say -- Body image -- Blocking the negative effect -- Software -- Kids don't need a computer -- Replacement porn and erotica -- The dreaded return from college -- For girls -- For boys -- When your teen starts dating -- Sticking with the pack -- A lack of friends -- Benefits of counseling -- Dating -- Friend with benefits -- Everybody's doing it -- Using the media to your advantage -- The prom -- When you know your teen is sexually active -- When is a teen ready? -- I hate him/her -- Getting professional help -- Bringing in an arbitrator -- The value of patience -- But she's only thirteen! -- Latch-key teens -- For girls -- For boys -- If your child is gay -- Easier said than done -- Coming out -- For boys -- For girls -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Myspace contract -- Appendix B: Web resources -- Index -- About the authors

Dr. Ruth's guide to teens and sex today