344 of 376 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
NOT THE BOOK YOU ARE LOOKING FOR!, July 7, 2007
This review is from: The Period Book, Updated Edition: Everything You Don't Want to Ask (But Need to Know) (Paperback)
This book is NOT the book you are looking for. Instead, find the American Girl book on this subject, The Care and Keeping of You, and you will be so impressed and pleased with the beautiful way it handles this subject.
The title of this book, "The Period Book", is SO misleading, and would cause you to believe it is a book for young girls learning about the changes coming to their bodies and why they happen. It is not, and the material in this book is for older girls or young women who have made the choice to become sexually active, not to learn about "periods".
Read it, word for word before handing it to your young daughters.
For instance, this book tells you that you can get pregnant if sperm is on a finger and it is put "inside of you". This is absolutely ridiculous in a book they are recommending to nine year olds to learn about growing up, emotions, body changes and starting menstruation! (As if getting pregnant is the only troublesome aspect if someone is "placing a finger with sperm" in them at their ages?)
This author has written supernatural and horoscope books before, and other odd titles and how does that even qualify her to write about such a topic regarding OUR kids and a company like Amazon to even carry it? Simply she is qualified because she has a 14 year old neice?! So does writing stories of the supernatural and horoscope make this author qualified...let me say that again...qualified..to write about biological changes in prepubescent female children? To write a book geared towards our young daughters, young girls, about natural biological changes to their bodies, why they happen, how they happen, and emotions? Where did she get her training... while writing about the supernatural?
Then have this ridiculous dangerous author throw in things like men sticking fingers in their vaginas with semen on them....like...skipping down the sidewalk one day and saying...oh well...yes,...just another day of growing up...men sticking fingers in us... its perfectly normal and can happen at any time...just when ever, but you better darn sure watch out for a pregancy tho...geez... This book had very little about periods in it and a lot about agenda and this author is completely unqualified psychologically to be speaking to young girls about anything.
This book also goes on into how to position legs and behave for an OBGyn, birth control pills, etc. Sorry, I dont think "handing them the keys", becasue....oh well... they are going to do it anyway... That is expecting failure, and where you look is where you will go.
If you want a book that will make your daughter feel beautiful, confident, in control of her body and what happens to it, and proud to be growing up, look at the American Girl book here on Amazon. Your little girls will become confident and feel secure about the changes, rather than worried and confused by the inappropriate material that is in this book.
BE VERY WARY AND SUSPICIOUS OF THE ONES ON HERE HYPING THIS BOOK AND GIVING GOOD REVIEWS!! THEY HAVE NO OTHER REVIEWS ON ANY OTHER PRODUCT FROM AMAZON! THEY ARE HERE TO HYPE AND SELL THIS BOOK!
I literally threw this "period" book in the trash. You will too.
To the author of this book:
SHAME ON YOU for using clever illustrations, a misleading title, and presentation on such a poorly written, completely off the mark book for young girls. You are taking financial advantage of moms looking for that special book about growing up for sharing with their young daughters.
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131 of 146 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not Happy, September 6, 2006
This review is from: The Period Book, Updated Edition: Everything You Don't Want to Ask (But Need to Know) (Paperback)
I was extremely excited when I discovered this book. I wanted it for my ten-year-old-daughter. From reading other reviews, the book was suppose to be about girls becoming wowen (getting their periods). I was disappointed to find that the book contained too much information about sex and a picture of male genitals. I wanted my daughter to learn about her own genitals--not a male's genitals.
The book does cover a lot of what girls need to know about getting their periods. If you are not concerned about your young daughter learning about sex--get the book, but if you wanted information only about menstruation, this is not the book for you.
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