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 High Chairs to High School - Hardcover

Richardson, Justin, M.D.; Schuster, Mark A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0812931572 ISBN 13: 9780812931570

Publisher: Crown Pub, 2003

Synopsis

A psychiatrist and a pediatrician present an information-packed, objective study for parents on how to understand their children's sexuality, from infancy to the teen years and beyond, covering every key stage in a child's sexual development, explaining how to address youngsters' questions, and discussing such topics as abstinance, love, sex, and more. 25,000 first printing.

About this title

Review

" A wonderfully sophisticated set of answers to the questions that make even the most confident of parents squirm! These two experts have crafted the essential guide to managing the vast array of challenges involving kids and sex. Simultaneously wise and funny, this highly accessible book will help parents safely through what might otherwise seem like a thicket of anxiety and confusion. A must-read for every thoughtful and caring parent."
-- William Pollack, author of Real Boys and codirector of the Center for Men at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical Center

" A comprehensive and factual resource on a very delicate subject presented in a humorous and entertaining style. The authors cover all the bases, but do so with a light and sensitive touch. I would not hesitate to recommend this book to the parents of my patients."
-- Joe M. Sanders, M.D., executive director of the American Academy of Pediatrics
" I wished I had asked these questions. A sensitive and intelligent look at sexuality written with candor and creativity, this book will open the discussion for all the important issues." -- Wendy Wasserstein, author of Shiksa Goddess and The Heidi Chronicles
" In their warm, non-judgmental way, Justin Richardson and Mark Schuster guide us through our children's sexual development with the perfect mix of humor, wisdom, and straightforward information. I highly recommend this book for every parent."
-- Ruth Bell, coauthor of Changing Bodies, Changing Lives

"From the Hardcover edition."

"A wonderfully sophisticated set of answers to the questions that make even the most confident of parents squirm! These two experts have crafted the essential guide to managing the vast array of challenges involving kids and sex. Simultaneously wise and funny, this highly accessible book will help parents safely through what might otherwise seem like a thicket of anxiety and confusion. A must-read for every thoughtful and caring parent."
--William Pollack, author of Real Boys and codirector of the Center for Men at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical Center
"A comprehensive and factual resource on a very delicate subject presented in a humorous and entertaining style. The authors cover all the bases, but do so with a light and sensitive touch. I would not hesitate to recommend this book to the parents of my patients."
--Joe M. Sanders, M.D., executive director of the American Academy of Pediatrics
"I wished I had asked these questions. A sensitive and intelligent look at sexuality written with candor and creativity, this book will open the discussion for all the important issues." --Wendy Wasserstein, author of Shiksa Goddess and The Heidi Chronicles
"In their warm, non-judgmental way, Justin Richardson and Mark Schuster guide us through our children's sexual development with the perfect mix of humor, wisdom, and straightforward information. I highly recommend this book for every parent."
--Ruth Bell, coauthor of Changing Bodies, Changing Lives

"From the Hardcover edition."

A wonderfully sophisticated set of answers to the questions that make even the most confident of parents squirm! These two experts have crafted the essential guide to managing the vast array of challenges involving kids and sex. Simultaneously wise and funny, this highly accessible book will help parents safely through what might otherwise seem like a thicket of anxiety and confusion. A must-read for every thoughtful and caring parent.
William Pollack, author of Real Boys and codirector of the Center for Men at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical Center
A comprehensive and factual resource on a very delicate subject presented in a humorous and entertaining style. The authors cover all the bases, but do so with a light and sensitive touch. I would not hesitate to recommend this book to the parents of my patients.
Joe M. Sanders, M.D., executive director of the American Academy of Pediatrics
I wished I had asked these questions. A sensitive and intelligent look at sexuality written with candor and creativity, this book will open the discussion for all the important issues. Wendy Wasserstein, author of Shiksa Goddess and The Heidi Chronicles
In their warm, non-judgmental way, Justin Richardson and Mark Schuster guide us through our children's sexual development with the perfect mix of humor, wisdom, and straightforward information. I highly recommend this book for every parent.
Ruth Bell, coauthor of Changing Bodies, Changing Lives

From the Hardcover edition."

-A wonderfully sophisticated set of answers to the questions that make even the most confident of parents squirm! These two experts have crafted the essential guide to managing the vast array of challenges involving kids and sex. Simultaneously wise and funny, this highly accessible book will help parents safely through what might otherwise seem like a thicket of anxiety and confusion. A must-read for every thoughtful and caring parent.-
--William Pollack, author of Real Boys and codirector of the Center for Men at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical Center
-A comprehensive and factual resource on a very delicate subject presented in a humorous and entertaining style. The authors cover all the bases, but do so with a light and sensitive touch. I would not hesitate to recommend this book to the parents of my patients.-
--Joe M. Sanders, M.D., executive director of the American Academy of Pediatrics
-I wished I had asked these questions. A sensitive and intelligent look at sexuality written with candor and creativity, this book will open the discussion for all the important issues.- --Wendy Wasserstein, author of Shiksa Goddess and The Heidi Chronicles
-In their warm, non-judgmental way, Justin Richardson and Mark Schuster guide us through our children's sexual development with the perfect mix of humor, wisdom, and straightforward information. I highly recommend this book for every parent.-
--Ruth Bell, coauthor of Changing Bodies, Changing Lives

From the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

JUSTIN RICHARDSON, M.D., is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Columbia and Cornell universities and a well-known authority on kids and sex.

MARK A. SCHUSTER, M.D., PH.D., is an associate professor of pediatrics and public health at UCLA,
codirector of the Center for Child and Adolescent Health Research at RAND, and director of the UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion.

Edition details

• Publisher: Crown Pub
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0812931572
• ISBN 13: 9780812931570
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400