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They'll Be Okay: 15 Conversations to Help Your Child Through Troubled Times
This is the must-have book for parents of young people who want to keep their children safe, whole and happy.
Teens and tweens are struggling with social media, relationships, and so much of what modern life is throwing at them. It's impossible for parents to be experts on all the new challenges their children are facing. That's why it's essential to turn to a real expert.
Collett Smart is a psychologist, teacher, lecturer, writer - and a mum of three. She knows that it is crucial for parents to discuss uncomfortable, yet fundamentally important topics with their children - and this book tells parents why and how.
If you're a parent who feels like you just don't know how to talk to your children about some of these difficult topics, this book has all the tools you need . There is invaluable advice
* Body safety, body image and objectification
* Break-ups, hook-ups and unconditional love
* Sex education and pornography
* Misogyny and harassment
* Manners, empathy and respect
Whether you want to prepare your child for the years ahead or you have an issue that needs to be addressed right now, this is the must-have book to help keep your children safe, whole and happy in these challenging times.
Teens and tweens are struggling with social media, relationships, and so much of what modern life is throwing at them. It's impossible for parents to be experts on all the new challenges their children are facing. That's why it's essential to turn to a real expert.
Collett Smart is a psychologist, teacher, lecturer, writer - and a mum of three. She knows that it is crucial for parents to discuss uncomfortable, yet fundamentally important topics with their children - and this book tells parents why and how.
If you're a parent who feels like you just don't know how to talk to your children about some of these difficult topics, this book has all the tools you need . There is invaluable advice
* Body safety, body image and objectification
* Break-ups, hook-ups and unconditional love
* Sex education and pornography
* Misogyny and harassment
* Manners, empathy and respect
Whether you want to prepare your child for the years ahead or you have an issue that needs to be addressed right now, this is the must-have book to help keep your children safe, whole and happy in these challenging times.
288 pages, Paperback
Published December 24, 2019
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March 29, 2023
Firstly, I am not a parent. I understand this book is directed towards parents and primary caregivers; but I thought, as a teacher, it would be a good read to help expand my knowledge and toolkit for having difficult conversations with students.
I found some of the 15 conversations quite good for this; particularly the conversations on digital citizenship, emotional intelligence, body image, sex education and respect. I particularly enjoyed the ROCK matrix.
I did find that the book had a particular focus on pornography and its impact on children. This is extremely important, but I felt the book teetered on fear mongering (even though the author expressly wrote that it doesn’t). In the first chapter, before the actual conversations, porn was mentioned 3/4 times. Not once was ethical porn mentioned, or porn outside the heterosexual matrix. I did agree that porn and its consumption should be discussed in school sex education programs with relation to respect, objectification and consent; but ethical and non-heterosexual porn should be discussed too, as well as mentioned in the book. The chapter about porn (Conversation #13) was more referenced than the first 9 conversations combined. This could mean nothing, but it read like an agenda piece.
I found some of the 15 conversations quite good for this; particularly the conversations on digital citizenship, emotional intelligence, body image, sex education and respect. I particularly enjoyed the ROCK matrix.
I did find that the book had a particular focus on pornography and its impact on children. This is extremely important, but I felt the book teetered on fear mongering (even though the author expressly wrote that it doesn’t). In the first chapter, before the actual conversations, porn was mentioned 3/4 times. Not once was ethical porn mentioned, or porn outside the heterosexual matrix. I did agree that porn and its consumption should be discussed in school sex education programs with relation to respect, objectification and consent; but ethical and non-heterosexual porn should be discussed too, as well as mentioned in the book. The chapter about porn (Conversation #13) was more referenced than the first 9 conversations combined. This could mean nothing, but it read like an agenda piece.
May 23, 2023
This isn't really a good book. It is targeted for parents of what they should do to help there kids, so if your not a parent then this book isn't meant for you.
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