The Real Truth About Teens and Sex: From Hooking Up to Friends with Benefits--What Teens Are Thinking, Doing, and Talking About, and How to Help Them Make Smart Choices [Paperback]

Sabrina Weill (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 5, 2006

Now in paperback with new material and exclusive results from a nationwide survey.

A top editor at major teen magazines for more than a decade, Sabrina Weill has earned the trust of teens nationwide. Through thousands of letters, e-mails, and interviews, and now in an exclusive nationwide survey, teens have revealed to her their questions, fears, and concerns about what really goes on at parties, at school, before parents get home from work, online, and elsewhere. Here, Weill reveals what teens have told her-and offers parents and others insights into how to communicate with young people so they'll listen, open up, and think before they act.

Topics include:

- Virginity-keeping it, losing it, and what teens think "the first time" should be like
- The role of peer pressure, the media, and the Internet-and the surprising role parents can play
- Rainbow parties, oral sex, "friends with benefits," and current trends in teen sex lives

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About the Author

Sabrina Weill has served as editor-in-chief, editor, and Sex and Body editor at Seventeen, founding executive editor of CosmoGIRL, and editor of Scholastic's teen health magazine Choices. She is the author of The Seventeen Guide to Sex and Your Body and We're Not Monsters: Teens Speak Out About Teens in Trouble.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Perigee Trade (September 5, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399532803
• ISBN-13: 978-0399532801
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #668,008 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a MUST read!, November 5, 2007

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I never knew how much I didn't know about teens these days, until I read this book. I have two teens, and they knew a LOT more than I did about things in this book. I know my children's friends, where they are, and what they are doing. What I didn't know was what some of their friends were doing. The book was helpful in reiterating what I was already doing: talking to my teens. Communication is so important. The book really emphasizes that. It also gave me insight into that fact that although my teens may not show it, they are listening to what I tell them, and that talking about sex, drugs, alcohol and consequences isn't just a one-time conversation; it's ongoing.

I have already used some of the suggestions in the book with great results.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book for parents and educators, May 26, 2009

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I am in a Master's degree program for school counseling and purchased this book to help me with a project. The author did an amazing job capturing the real feelings and thoughts of adolescents and teens. I learned a great deal about the importance of proper and ongoing communication between teens and adults. I recommend this book to any parent or educator.