Will Puberty Last My Whole Life?: REAL Answers to REAL Questions from Preteens About Body Changes, Sex, and Other Growing-Up Stuff - Softcover

Metzger RN MN, Julie; Lehman MD, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1632171791 ISBN 13: 9781632171795

Publisher: Little Bigfoot, 2018

Synopsis

This book contains informative, honest, and reassuring answers to questions that preadolescents have about puberty - from friendships and feelings, to pimples, babies, body hair, menstruation, bras, and much more. Straightforward, age-appropriate answers are provided by an experienced nurse-and-physician team who have been giving seminars to preteens and their parents throughout the Pacific Northwest and Bay Area for more than 25 years. The book is also filled with lighthearted and often humourous full-colour illustrations throughout.

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Review:

Real kids ask real questions of professionals who know not only how to talk to them, but also how to relate knowledgeable, age-appropriate answers in an engaging manner. The book offers information for girls on one side and for boys when it is turned over (or vice versa), which suits the binary nature of the topic perfectly. Illustrations are on target and intelligently used. The comprehensive book covers anatomical and emotional changes, reproduction as a biological process, sex, masturbation, dating, and some of the emotional differences between boys and girls. Other gender-specific topics are also included. The information is presented in a friendly, compassionate manner, and the book is a great way to start a conversation with preteens or tweens. It serves as a model for answering their questions and lets parents know what kids are really thinking. If you can only afford one book on puberty for this age group, this is the one to have. --School Library Journal

...pick up the book Will Puberty Last My Whole Life? by Julie Metzger, RN, MN, and Robert Lehman, MD. They've collaborated to answer the questions most children have about what is going to happen to their bodies... If your child has a question, the answer is most likely in this book... Growing up, puberty can feel like the most confusing and embarrassing thing ever. Probably the best asset of this book is the explanation about normalcy. There is a constant emphasis that no matter how awkward and embarrassed they feel, what they are going through is a totally normal part of life. --Cafe Mom

The dos-à-dos format (girls' queries on one side, boys' on the other) has the advantage of allowing readers to concentrate on their own issues but also to explore the ways others think. --Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

Julie Metzger is a registered nurse with a master's degree in pediatric nursing. She has worked extensively in the fields of parent education on adolescent development, sexuality, parenting, and communication between parent and child, and is she a favorite speaker to a wide array of community groups and schools on all aspects of preteen health issues. Along with coauthor Dr. Robert Lehman, she founded the Great Conversations speaking series. She lives in Seattle, WA. Dr. Robert Lehman is an adolescent health specialist with a clinical faculty position at the University of Washington. In addition to teaching Great Conversations classes, he has devoted his career to providing direct health care services to youth, teaching health care professionals about the special needs of adolescents, and addressing teen health issues and policies on local, regional, and national levels. He lives in Seattle, WA, and Palm Springs, CA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little Bigfoot
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1632171791
• ISBN 13: 9781632171795
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Illustrator: Cerizo Lia