Beyond the Big Talk: Every Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens, from Middle School to High School and Beyond

by Debra W. Haffner

As featured in Newsweek, Time, USA Today , and on Oprah, Dateline NBC , and 20/20 , this leading sexuality educator now helps parents guide their children through the difficult adolescent yearsfrom the author of From Diapers To Dating. Debra Haffner's new book, Beyond The Big Talk , picks up from where her first, award-winning book, From Diapers to Dating , left off. The latter covered communicating about sexuality to children from infancy to age 12; the new book helps parents deal with adolescents from middle school to college. Organized in sections by agemiddle school (grades 7 and 8); early high school (grades 9 and 10); late high school (grades 11 and 12); and, ages 18-21 years old Beyond The Big Talk delivers Haffner's values-oriented approach to raising sexually healthy teenagers in her highly praised, direct and informative style. She discusses the information appropriate for different ages, confronts such issues as peer pressure, dating and parties, alcohol and drugs, sexual harassment, abstinence, and much more. She believes that for the majority of teenagers, good parenting can make a difference, and, by following her advice, parents can increase the chances that their children will not become involved in sexual behavior they are not ready to handle. A supportive foreword by Haffner's teen-age daughter, Alyssa, gives a young person's perspective on the value of open communication between parent and child.

Genres: Parenting, Nonfiction

241 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 2001

Reviews

[Vee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have 14 and 9 year old sons and, as a single mother, had some "male" questions lingering about puberty, sexuality and the like. This book was very informative and asked/answered all the right questions. Media portion of this book is a bit outdated, but everything is relevant!

[Kelli Kern · Rating 3 out of 5]

nothing new for me