From Diapers to Dating: A Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children - From Infancy to Middle School [Paperback]

Debra W. Haffner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 27, 2008

This widely recommended parenting guide offers a wealth of practical techniques to help you identify and communicate your own values about sexuality to your children, infants to age twelve. In this revised edition, acclaimed parenting educator Debra Haffner covers the latest research and addresses issues of timely concern, including Internet safety. The book includes:

• "Values Exercises" to help you identify and communicate your beliefs to your children
• "Special Issues" to advise you on discussing difficult topics
• "Teachable Moments" to help you recognize opportunities or entry points into a discussion of important issues.

"I believe it is up to you and your partner to decide on the messages and values you want to give your child about sexuality," Haffner writes. "It is your right and your responsibility to share them with your child."

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"A valuable book to develop a comfortable, ongoing, constructive rapport with your children about sex." —Washington Post

About the Author

Debra W. Haffner has been a parenting educator for more than twenty-five years, regularly speaks to parent groups across the country, and appears frequently on national TV, including CNN, Today, and The O'Reilly Factor. She holds a Master's in Public Health from Yale University School of Medicine and a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary. She is an ordained minister with the Unitarian Church in Westport, Connecticut.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; 2 edition (March 27, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155704810X
• ISBN-13: 978-1557048103
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #54,294 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource for Parents, January 13, 2012

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This review is from: From Diapers to Dating: A Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children - From Infancy to Middle School (Paperback)

This is a wonderful book written in a very approachable manner for parents about sex education.

We have 6.5 and 10.5 year-old girls and have always approached discussing their bodies and how babies are created in a very open manner. However, I find that as my girls get older, their questions become more complex and there is more of an opportunity to discuss the values that my husband and I feel go hand in hand with the subject matter. This book allows you, as a parent, to guide how you want to incorporate your values while still giving your children accurate information.

It's definitely for parents of children of all ages, as the author believes that there shouldn't be one "big talk" but rather many little tidbits educating a child throughout their life. The book points out teachable moments and provides a list of age-appropriate resources for children.

I've found that I've become more awkward in discussing sex as my children get older, and this book helped me to find a more comfortable approach again. The author provides different scenarios so that no topic seems to tough to discuss. I work counseling families and will definitely be recommending this.