So sexy so soon : the new sexualised childhood and what parents can do to protect their kids / Diane E. Levin & Jean Kilbourne.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Ballantine, 2009, c2008.Edition: Ballantine Books trade paperback edDescription: x, 226 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780345505071 (pbk.)
  • 0345505077 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ 792 .U56 L48 2009
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection HQ 792 .U56 L48 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98641022
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection HQ 792 .U56 L48 2009 C.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98641073

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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