Resourses.

Books for Girls.

Celebrating Girls – Nurturing and Empowering Our Daughters

Virginia Beane Rutter (Berkely, CA: Conari Press, 1996)

Embrassing Persephone – How to be the Mother You Want for the Daughter You Cherish

Virgina Beane Rutter (Berkely, CA:Conari Press, 2000)

What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Girls – Growing Up Guide for Parents & Daughters

Lynda Madaras (New York, NY: Newmarket Press, 2000)

Period – A Girl’s Guide to Menstruation With a Parent Guide

JoAnn Loulan et al. (Book Peddler, 2001)

Getting Your Period

Jean Marzollo (New York, Ny:Newmarket Press, 2000)

The Period Book

Karen Gravelle & Jennifer Gravelle (Walker and Company, New York,1996)

The Care & Keeping of YOU, The Body Book for Girls

Valorie Lee Schaefer, (Pleasant Company Publications 1998) American Girl Library.

Growing It’s A Girl Thing

Mavis Jukes, (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1998)

Books for Boys:

Changes in You and Me – A Book About Puberty, Most for Boys

Paulette Bourgeois et al., (Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1994)

What’s Going On Down There – Answers to Questions Boy find Hard to Ask

Karen Gravell et al., (Walker & Co, 1998)

The Boy’s Body Book: Everything You Need to Know for Growing Up YOU. Kelli Dunham (Boys World Books, 2000)

Books for Parents.

The New Puberty.

Louise Greenspan, MD and Julianna Deadorf, Phd. 2014

What’s the Big Secret? Talking About Sex With Girls and Boys

Laurie Krasny Brown, Ed.D. and Marc Brown (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1997)

Girls & Sex: Navigating the complicade New landscape

Peggy Orestein 2016.

Don’t Call me princess.

Peggy Orestein. 2018

How to Talk to Your Child About Sex

Linda and Richard Eyer (NewYork: Golden books, 1998)

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & How to Listen So Kids Will Talk

Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish ( Mamaroneck, NY: International Center for Creative thinking 1990)

It’s Perfectly Normal – Growing Up, Changing Bodies, Sex and Sexual Health

Robie Harris (Cambridge,MA;Candelwich Press, 1994 Ages 10 and up)

Learning About Sex – A Guide for Children and Their Parents

Jennifer Sowle Aho (New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1978)

The What’s Happening to My Body? Book for Boys – A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Daughters

Lynda Madara (New York, NY: Newmarket Press, 2000)

The Seventeen Guide to Sex and Your Body

Paula Elbirt and Sabrina Solin (Aladdin Library, 1996)

The Art of Talking with Your Teenager

Paul Swets (Adam Media Corporation 1995)

A Parent’s Guide to Teenage Sexuality

Jay Gale (New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, Inc., 1991)

Ten Talks Parents Must Have With Their Children About Sex and Character

Pepper Schwartz, PhD and Dominci Cappello (New York: Hyperion, 2000)

Beyond the Big Talk – every Parent’s Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens-From Middle School

To High School and Beyond; Debra Hafner (Newmarket Press, 2001)

Sex and Sensibility – The Thinking Parent’s Guide to Talking Sense About Sex

Deborah Roffman (Perseus Books, 2000)

Websites:

www.commonsense.org – Dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information and education.

www.frc.org – FRC is a non-profit organization whose vision is a culture in which human life is valued, families flourish and religious liberty thrives.

www.nationalfamilyplanning.org – NFPRHA helps people act responsibly, stay healthy and plan for strong families.

www.guttmacher.com – The Allan Guttmacher Institute – Research and information on sexual health information

www.teenpregnancy.com – The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

www.focusas.com/SexualBehavior.html – Focus Adolescent Behavior – Information, Resources and Support

www.siecus.org – Resource site for current sexual health information

www.kff.org – The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

www.californiateenhealth.org – California information on adolescence issue

www.healthyteennetwork.org – Making a dramatic difference in the lives of teens and young families

www.drnorthrup.com – Christiane Northrop, MD – Innovative women’s health

www.talkingwithkids.org – Talking with kids about tough issues

Websites For Tweens & Teens

www.girlsinc.org – Website advocating healthy attitude for young girls

www.4girls.gov – Website for girls about their health and well being

www.teenwire.org – Sexual health resource geared toward older teens

www.girlscouts.org – Helping girls to grow strong in their body, mind and spirit