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Learn More About Sexuality
Find books, websites and local resources that can help your child learn more about sexuality.
Local Resources
There are many places that your child can learn about sexuality in your local community. Here
are some people and places that you might want to contact:
Books
These books can help you talk to your child about sexuality. You can borrow them from
your local library or
buy them on the Internet.
- Just Because I Am: A Child's Book of Affirmation, Lauren Murphy Payne (1994),
Free Spirit Publishing.
- It's So Amazing, A Book About Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families,
Robie H. Harris (1999), Candlewick Press.
- It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex and Sexual Health,
Robie H. Harris (1994), Candlewick Press.
- Period, JoAnn Gardner-Loulan, et al (1991), Volcano Press.
Websites
These web sites can help you talk about sexuality with your child. The can also help your child
learn about sexuality on their own.
- www.advocatesforyouth.org -
This page has tips about how parents can talk about sexuality to their children.
- www.teenwire.com - This website is just for
teens. It is supported by Planned Parenthood.
- kidshealth.org - Learn how
the body changes during teenage years. This website talks about how to make your child feel comfortable
about her body and take care of it.
- www.advocatesforyouth.org - This
website helps young people make good decisions about sex.
- www.iwannaknow.org - This website answers
your questions about teen sexual health and sexually transmitted diseases. This website is run
by the American Social Health Association.
- www.thebody.com - This website talks about
HIV/AIDS. It tells how to prevent getting HIV. It also tells how to help other people with HIV/AIDS.
- www.puberty101.com - This website has a lot
of information for teens and adults about the changes you go through during puberty.
- www.coolnurse.com - Designed for
teenagers, this website has information about puberty, exercise, depression and other topics.
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