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How to Talk to Your Child About Sex: It's Best to Start Early, but It's Never Too Late -- A Step-by-Step Guide for Every Age Paperback – November 29, 1999

by Linda Eyre (Author), Richard Eyre (Author)

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Linda and Richard Eyre stress that it's never too soon-or too late-to start discussing sex and values with your children, and they've got proven strategies to make it easier. For parents who want to go beyond the birds and the bees talk, How to Talk to Your Child About Sex provides thoughtful, clear, specific guidance on when and, most important, how to help children begin to learn and understand sex, love, and commitment from the most positive viewpoint possible.

Preliminary "as needed" talks with three-to eight-year-olds
The age eight Big Talk
Follow-up talks with eight-to thirteen-year-olds
Behavior discussions and guidelines with eleven-to sixteen-year-olds
Discussions of perspective and personal standards with fifteen-to nineteen-year-olds

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November 29, 1999
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Few parents enjoy those oh-so-important talks with children about the "facts of life." The fact is, you can (and probably should!) begin the conversation as soon as a child turns 3 years old. As for the delicate wording--Linda and Richard Eyre (Teaching Your Children Values) have plenty of suggestions in their comprehensive, step-by-step guide, How to Talk to Your Child About Sex. Starting with the "Preliminary 'As Needed' Talks with Three-to-Eight Year-Olds," the Eyres arrange their chapters by age, including the "The Age Eight 'Big Talk'" and numerous chapters on talking with preteens and adolescents.

The authors also describe what's normal sexual behavior for each stage of development and how to plant the seeds of appreciation of one's body and the later respect for commitment and love. They examine how parents can stay true to their moral and spiritual values while staying connected to their teenagers' sexual reality. Parents will especially appreciate the up-to-date research, such as current statistics about adolescent fears, desires, and activity surrounding sexuality. --Gail Hudson

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“The Eyres have distilled in this one volume an absolute storehouse of wisdom profoundly needed today. Their practical, doable approach really works.” ―Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families on Teaching Your Children Values

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1582380570
Publisher ‏ : ‎ St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition (November 29, 1999)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781582380575
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1582380575
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.48 x 0.54 x 8.27 inches

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- #27 in Health Teaching Materials
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Anna B.

An Amazing Resource!

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2012

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For all of you parents of young children who haven't had the Big Talk yet - this one is a must-read. It is the most wonderful resource for all parents as they teach moral values to their children from age three and up. It gives age-appropriate suggestions for each developmental stage, and even a brilliant dialogue for the Big One, which you can use as close as you like or tailor it to your family situation, and many other dialogues.

My husband and I followed the authors' advice based on their experience in this area with their nine (!) children and had the Big Talk last night with our older daughter who had recently turned eight. We followed the dialogue pretty closely with just a few changes/additions here and there, and our evening out exceeded all our expectations. We also read during the talk a second book from their recommended sources list How Babies Are Made, by Andrew Andry and Steven Schepp, which was well-liked by our daughter and us. (It was not a resource of the Eyres' first choice -which is Where Do I Come From?" by Peter Mayle - but we opted out of that one as the amazon reviews told us it would be too graphic for us.)

Our bright child tends to keep things to herself and we were afraid she would "clamp down" and it would turn into a lecture, but the clever questions really engaged her and she was very receptive and inquisitive, not wanting for the moment to stop. It turned out she did not know much about "the big hug," save for some seahorse mating she saw on PBS, and took it all as the most natural thing, with no embarrassment or jokes. She had more questions for me this a.m. while getting ready for school, all of which I was happy to answer. We hope this will be the beginning of many years of open discussions on the "most wonderful amazing thing on the earth!"

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S. Ashby

We tried it and it WORKS!!!

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 1999

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This is the best parenting book I have ever read and used. It has more applicability and direct relevance to my parenting than any other.
I saw the author of this book interviewed on TV a while back and decided to buy this book. I was intrigued by his philosophy to teach your children at age eight, and to teach kids that sex is the "most wonderful, awesome thing in the world."
I read the book and decided to give it a try on our nine year old. We followed their directions and dialog pretty closely and even used the children's book "Where did I come from" as part of the discussion (this is the book they recommend). We made it a special night for just our son, taking him to his choice of restaurant and having the discussion in a secluded area there.
It worked better than I had ever imagined. We had a wonderful evening sharing this marvelous secret, and setting the record straight in his mind. There were a few embarassing moments (like when he would look up from the book and say, "really, that's what you do? OK.") and my wife and I were quite nervous.
However, after the discussion our son actually thanked us and said how glad he was to know the truth. We felt a closeness that we have rarely felt with our boy. I truely feel we have created a basis on which our parent/child relationship can build. He now feels he can talk to us about anything and he knows we will be upfront with him. I am now giving this book to all my friends with kids. In my mind, this is how sex education should be taught!

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JSimens

Families are the Answer

Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2011

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As a parent and a family therapist, I agree 100% with Linda and Richard Eyre"statement that "Our goal must be to teach them, help them, motivate them,and protect them long enough to allow them to set the right goals for themselves". This book does really do what it says it does! It is a step-by-step guide for every age about how to talk to your child about sex.

I liked that the book breaks it down into age appropriate stages and what to cover at that stage, many books do not contain information for the 3 to 8 year olds and this is a very important time to lay the foundation of great communication and openness of talking about sex as well as helping put some of the parents values as part of the families values.

I was also impressed with the information for the -15 to 19 year olds - for the parents who were wanting their children to wait to have sex or wishing they would wait. Eyre's feel it is best to start early with the sex talks but it never too late. It was nice to read a book that breaks it down into sex, love and commitment. It was a very practical and doable approach for any type of family communication.

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H. ONeal

Good examples, not enough information

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2010

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I enjoyed this book, but feel that the chapters build on each other. I was hoping that it would be more beneficial to use with a teenager and it would if you had been following the prior chapters at younger ages. Each chapter has made up dialogues, which could be useful. However, I was hoping that there would be a little more information/research rather than scenarios. But, all in all it would be very helpful starting with a young child.

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Kristin L.

Super good for my littles

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2023

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I gave this book to my 9 Month old as a light beach read but it turns out he actually loved the message and morals! I will never have to worry about teaching my kid se* Ed ever!

Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2011

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I really like this book. I think in our world you need to start teaching your kids earlier than most might think. 8 is a good age. But I STRONGLY DISLIKE the accompanying picture book the Eyre's recommend called, "Where Do I Come From?" by Peter Mayle. It is WAAAAAAY TOO DETAILED AND GRAPHIC. I'm sorry, but I would prefer to tell my kids the mechanics without having a picture of a couple having sex for them to look at and details about how it "tickles" to move the penis up and down in the vagina until you want to "pop." They don't need that much detail at age 8.

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daniela

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2015

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a good approach on how to handle your child's questions

linda

A must read for parents

Reviewed in Spain on April 9, 2015

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I highly recommend it to any parents willing to help their children navigate throught the discovery of the miracle of life and the magic role that sex plays in it.

am

This is a morality guide

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 29, 2013

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This book promotes marriage and pre-marital abstinence. I'm sorry I bought it and as soon as I've finished this review it's going in the bin. It is worth zero stars.

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