So sexy so soon : the new sexualised childhood and what parents can do to protect their kids /

Levin, Diane E.

So sexy so soon : the new sexualised childhood and what parents can do to protect their kids / Diane E. Levin & Jean Kilbourne. - Ballantine Books trade paperback ed. - New York : Ballantine, 2009, c2008. - x, 226 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-198) and index.

1. Never too young to be sexy: living with children in today's sexualized world -- 2. From Barbie to Bratz and beyond: sexy sells -- 3. Sexual development derailed: the toll on children -- 4. The toll on parents, families, and schools -- 5. Helping children through the minefields: what parents, families, and schools can do -- 6. Working it out together: the power of connecting deeply with children -- 7. The sexualized child enters adolescence: the floodgates open -- 8. Helping teenagers through the minefields -- 9. Creating a new cultural environment.

Presents a guide to raising children with a healthy attitude toward sex and sexuality in a culture that provides a skewed sense of body image, role models, and the makeup of healthy intimate relationships.

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015346548 Uk


Children--Social conditions.--United States
Sex--Social aspects--United States.
Mass media and children--United States.
Sex in mass media.
Sex in popular culture--United States.
Body image in children--United States.
Body image in adolescence--United States.
Parent and child--United States.
Children--Social conditions.--United States
Sex--Social aspects.
Mass media--Influence.
Sex in mass media.
Sex in popular culture.
Body image.
Parent-child relationship.

HQ 792 .U56 / L48 2009