Sex and Your Teenager: A Parents Guide

Adjusting to the changes in your children as they grow is often difficult. Coping with the change from child to sexual person can be the toughest one yet. How can I talk about sex without becoming embarrassed? How do I protect him/her from pregnancy and disease? They think my values are just old–fashioned, I think theirs are naïve – who′s right?
Dr John Coleman provides parents and carers with clear and helpful advice on these and many related issues, based on his long experience of working with young people and their families. Illustrated by real–life situations and filled with practical solutions, each chapter also provides details of organisations that can help and other sources of information.
An invaluable source of advice for all families, this book will also be useful to teachers, nurses and other professionals working with young people.
Anne Weyman, OBE, Chief Executive of the Family Planning Association, has written the Foreword to the book.
"This excellent and comprehensive book will inform and reassure parents and carers about sex and young people. Many adults find the topic difficult and embarrassing; John Coleman, in clear and direct language, covers topics such as bodily changes, relationships, personal safety, risky behaviour, sexual orientation, sex and the law and the roles of parents and schools. The book will prove invaluable for those adults with a responsibility for young people."
Doreen E. Massey (Baroness Massey of Darwen)

Spis treści:
About the Author
Foreword by Anne Weyman, OBE (Chief Executive, Family Planning Association) Introduction
Puberty
Bodily changes in girls
Bodily changes in boys
The age of puberty
The emotional consequences of puberty
Periods
Wet dreams
Is puberty starting earlier than in previous generations?
Learning about sex
Schools
Parents
Society
Friends
The media
Communication
Sexual development in early a dolescence
The need for privacy
Relationships with adults
Boys and girls are different
Masturbation
The fears and anxieties of adults
The fears and anxieties of teenagers
First relationships
Love and romance
Readiness for sex
Contraception
Personal safety
Essential messages for parents to emphasise
The impact of teenage sexuality on the family
The parent′s own sexuality
Boundaries and limits
Sex in the home
Unsuitable relationships
Lone parents
Step–families
Risky behaviour
The nature of adolescence
Sexual risks
Teenage pregnancy
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
HIV/AIDS
Assault, rape and exposure to violence
The parent′s response
Sexual orientation
The process of choosing sexual orientation
Finding out that your teenager is gay or lesbian
Sex and the law
The age of consent
Confidentiality
Sexual abuse
The parent′s role
The generation gap
Managing conflict between parents
Communication
Index

Okładka tylna:
Adjusting to the changes in your children as they grow is often difficult. Coping with the change from child to sexual person can be the toughest one yet. How can I talk about sex without becoming embarrassed? How do I protect him/her from pregnancy and disease? They think my values are just old–fashioned, I think theirs are naïve – who′s right?
Dr John Coleman provides parents and carers with clear and helpful advice on these and many related issues, based on his long experience of working with young people and their families. Illustrated by real–life situations and filled with practical solutions, each chapter also provides details of organisations that can help and other sources of information.
An invaluable source of advice for all families, this book will also be useful to teachers, nurses and other professionals working with young people.
Anne Weyman, OB E, Chief Executive of the Family Planning Association, has written the Foreword to the book.
"This excellent and comprehensive book will inform and reassure parents and carers about sex and young people. Many adults find the topic difficult and embarrassing; John Coleman, in clear and direct language, covers topics such as bodily changes, relationships, personal safety, risky behaviour, sexual orientation, sex and the law and the roles of parents and schools. The book will prove invaluable for those adults with a responsibility for young people."
Doreen E. Massey (Baroness Massey of Darwen)