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The Sex Education Dictionary for Today's Teens & Pre-Teens

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This dictionary allows readers of all ages to garner exactly how much information they need, when they need it. It is appropriate for the library's reference or general collections or in the home...an excellent choice...

I just have to say to the below poster....WAKE UP!!! Learning how to put a condom on at age 14 is not going to make you go out and have sex! Believe it or not, there are 12 years olds out there who are sexually active! How can educating kids about the real world be a bad thing? I had sex ed when I was 14, and learned how to use a condom properly. Did it make me go out and have sex? No! Did I have parents who talked to me about sex? Nope. Whether or not there is sex ed in schools, kids are going to think about sex, we need to atleast give them the correct information. Reading this book is not going to put ideas into a teenagers head that arent already there, and niether is sex ed class.

More than 350 terms are defined with over ninety illustrations. The definitions are simple and straightforward--clinically direct without technical, scientific language.

Sooner than you know, your children will want to know more about SEX. One way to prepare for these curious times is with a book written by Dr. and Mrs. Dean Hoch, themselves parents of five children. This dictionary has a carefully-selected base of terms relating to love, birth and sex, with illustrations sensitive to the needs of young people. "Sometimes it's embarassing to ask parents," says a 16-year-old girl, who was grateful for the book. Medical people say it will help in combatting AIDS and other STD's. Librarians, parents, and school personnel are endorsing it as an aid to knowledge and therefore decision-making skills to so many important q's that our children are faced with--many times in the face of peer presure. Since the intent of the dictionary is to acquaint teens and pre-teens with correct terminiology and to encourage the use of these words, slang terms and "street language" are not included.

350 terms carefully defined and illustrated for teens and preteens. It presents a single source to easily explain sexual terms, and it encourages useage of correct terminology.

Excellent. Better than I had hoped for,

Wish it were around when my children were the age of my grand children( 5-11), whom I have purchased it for.).

Don Drum

this book is what's wrong with our youth. the fact that I was embarassed last summer at work because i was a virgin is beyond me. this book says to teenagers "look, forget about love it's about sex!" i cannot beleive my school had a sex education class... IN 9th GRADE! i hope it' s not too late for parents to look at what their children are doing to themselves. Sex is of constant talk in the teenage youth and the pressure is far beyond what most parents are in denial about. The rap music thats so popular isnt making it much better, either. Ever listen to what your teen listens to? the lyrics? Ever watch MTV with them? Would you watch MTV with them? Look at the "role models" of our younger society (50 cent, britney spears, etc). i can't believe people bought this book for their teens. if i were a parent i would not make the same mistake mine did by allowing a school to teach me at age 14 how to put condoms on. the far less you know, the most likely you'll be able to stay away with it! and please, start putting good music into your teen's heads!!