- ISBN13: 9780316101837
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
“If you’re having trouble talking to your children about sex–knowing what to say and when to say it–then here is the book for you. The talented team who created the acclaimed Dino Life Guides for Families is ready to … More >>
What’s the Big Secret?: Talking about Sex with Girls and Boys
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While this book is colorful and covers many common questions, it is not for attachment parents – or any parent who wants to teach her child a more natural parenting approach.
It does have one breastfeeding picture, but it also includes pictures of baby bottles and a baby bottle-feeding, newborns in a hospital nursery, a hospital birth with the mom lying on her back (which is very difficult and can lead to unnecessary Caesareans), and a newborn crying (which is not really natural, and rarely happens in a waterbirth), and a bit of rudeness (a child calling another child “silly”).
The book also states that puberty can start at “ten or twelve or fourteen” but many children are starting earlier these days (possibly from the growth hormones in cow’s milk, a good reason to switch to organic milk), and they may feel worried if they read that statement.
Two better books are Welcome With Love by Jenni Overend and A Child Is Born by Lennart Nilsson.
Rating: 1 / 5
I bought this book to explain sex to my 10 year old daughter. I read it first then hide it fast! I didn’t let my daughter read it. The book was good until it talked about masturbation. It says, “Touching and rubbing your genitals to feel good is called masturbation.” This is not something I want her to know about yet. It also says ‘sexual intercourse feels wonderful.’ Well, I don’t want her to know that either. (I don’t want to lie to the girl!) So the hunt is back on for the perfect sex book.
Rating: 1 / 5
I bought this book for my 7 yr old and thought it would be a good starting place and introduction tool. Boy was I suprised when I started flippin through the pages! There is way to much information for the suggested age group! I would not even let my 11 yr old look at it. The pics are too detailed with EVERYTHING labeled including the clitoris, vulva, scrotum, etc. It also shows a boy standing above the toilet with his penis hanging out of his pants peeing. Also in the reproduction part, it has a diagram of the female and the male reproduction system and looks like something you would see in a 5th or 6th grade health book. Then it gives and explanation of sexual intercourse (inserting the penis into the vagina)and then proceeds to tell how the sperm travel and meet with the egg and etc… It also shows a picture of a pregnant lady (boobs exposed)with fetus diagram, and then shows her legs in stirrups giving birth. Just way to much inappropriate info for younger kids!!
Rating: 1 / 5
first few pages are decent and i thought might work to help talk about basics with my 4 year old. but then it gets into way too much detail…more like teen type info! crazy! glad i read this before showing to my little one. i’ve stored it away for a much later date!
Rating: 1 / 5
It’s amazing that there are so many private stuff in this books. I think children should know about sex at a young age because it will happen to them when they get older, like age 8. Go books!
Rating: 4 / 5