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Eddie Acevedo is the "Dr. Phil" of my generation.
If you like having a girlfriend or at least be able to talk to them, then this is your book. Despite making the varsity football and badminton teams, taking A.P. classes and participating in several after-school clubs, I was finding it hard to make any progress with the girls at school.Yet my buddy recommended "The Ultimate Teen Relationship Guide," I read it, and started using some of the pointers (especially chapter 3).Now I have to walk around campus with a stick just to keep all the girls off of me. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 12-Up - Love / Sex / Marriage    2. Children's Books/Young Adult Social Situations    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Social Issues - Dating and Sex    6. Social Situations - Dating and Sex   

Subjects:  1. AIDS (Disease)    2. Applied Sciences (Young Adult)    3. Children's 12-Up - Diet / Personal Health    4. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    5. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    6. Health & Daily Living - Diseases    7. Health & Daily Living - Sexuality & Pregnancy    8. Health - Diseases    9. Health - Sexuality & Pregnancy    10. Health and hygiene    11. Juvenile Nonfiction    12. Prevention    13. Social Issues - Dating and Sex    14. Social Situations - Dating and Sex    15. Teenagers    16. Juvenile Nonfiction / Health / Sexuality & Pregnancy    17. Personal & public health   

Subjects:  1. Allied Health Services - General    2. Education    3. Human Sexuality    4. Hygiene, Sexual    5. Medical / Nursing    6. Physical Education    7. Sex Education    8. Sex instruction    9. Sexual Instruction    10. Sexual ethics    11. Study and teaching    12. United States    13. Education / Physical Education    14. Philosophy of education    15. Sex & sexuality    16. Sex education & the facts of life    17. Teaching of a specific subject   

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So-so
My 5 year old daughter started asking questions about how babies are made. I bought this book hoping it would answer the questions that were difficult for me to try and answer. I didn't really think this book did a very good job. There's too much going on on each page, that it was confusing. And it didn't really answer her questions very well.

Good for younger kids too!
I bought this book to help me explain my growing belly to my 2 year old son.Most of it is beyond him, but he enjoys the flaps that show different versions of the same scene.His favourites are (1) Mum with a big belly on the outside and flip for the baby inside, (2) happy baby and flip for crying baby, (3) awake baby and flip for sleeping baby.So he now points to my belly and says "baby".I don't know how I would have got the idea across to a 2 year old otherwise.A handy-dandy book to help prepare an only child for the twins that are coming soon!

Not bad, but there are better titles. . .
If you are considering purchasing this, some points to consider are:Cartoon-ish illustrations with talking eggs and sperm.Text refers to the uterus as a "womb", umbilical cord as a "tube" and navel as a "belly-button" without giving accurate labels.Also uses terminology such as "pees" and "poops."Describes the mother as being uncomfortable and "ready for the baby to come out" along with an illustration of an unhappy, 7-months-pregnant woman.Text also states the baby comes out of the "opening between the mother's legs" again, without giving proper name.Presumes presence of Doctor and Nurse at birth, and alludes to labor and birth process but does not illustrate or detail.To its credit, the book does a fair job of explaining role of sperm in determining gender, and that eggs come from the woman and sperm from the man.Does not address intercourse in any way, but shows fertilization with talking eggs/sperm.Illustrations are colorful and bright.Creative description of amniotic sac (without calling it such!) and comparison to a goldfish in a bag of water.Describes what baby might experience in utero.Shows breastfeeding mother but then shows bottles as well.Illustrations of fetal development are accompanied by "real-size" outlines.Not a bad choice if your interest is in explaining fetal development (consider Nilsson's "How Was I Born?" for photographs), but not a good choice if you want to discuss intercourse and birth.May be great for some families, but we prefer Joanna Cole's "How You Were Born" and "How Babies Are Made" by Andrew Andry. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Family - New Baby    4. Health & Daily Living - Sexuality & Pregnancy    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Social Issues - Pregnancy   

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A good place to start a discussion...
This is a good way to start a discussion with your middle-school-aged child, but it is definitely dated.With a publishing date of 1992, keep in mind that a great deal of legislation has happened concerning abortion in the past 12 years which is not reflected in this book.Still, it is a useful tool for someone looking to talk about 1. abortion issues, 2. the way our legislators' votes can directly affect our lives, and 3. one's religious beliefs or lack thereof.I'll keep it on my homeschool bookshelf for a reference book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Abortion    2. Children's 9-12 - Politics / Current Events    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Health & Daily Living - Sexuality & Pregnancy    6. Health - Sexuality & Pregnancy    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Law and legislation    10. Political Science (Young Adult)    11. Politics & Government    12. Pro-choice movement    13. Social Issues - General    14. United States    15. Non-Classifiable   

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Babydust will keep you guessing.
Babydust provides insight from the prospective of all the characters involved in this adoption tale.Just when you think you know where the story is leading, Michael Hawkins puts an unexpected curve in the road.This book will make you smile and cry all at the same time. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    2. Health & Daily Living - Sexuality & Pregnancy    3. Juvenile Nonfiction    4. Michael R.Hawkins   

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Subjects:  1. General    2. Health & Daily Living - Sexuality & Pregnancy    3. Health & Fitness    4. Health/Fitness    5. Juvenile Nonfiction / Health / Sexuality & Pregnancy    6. PREGNANCY    7. PREGNANCY_JUVENILE LITERATURE    8. Pregnancy, birth & baby care   

Subjects:  1. Family & relations    2. Parents' new baby    3. Sex education & the facts of life   

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    3. Health & Daily Living - Sexuality & Pregnancy    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Parenting - General    6. Family & Relationships / Parenting   

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good book for me to read and young teens to read
I think that this is a good for me to read and for other teens to read to save them from being a mom or dad in the teen years and I would like to read this book and get a good Idea on how to save myslef and who is my boyfriend from being parents at a young age ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Health & Daily Living - Sexuality & Pregnancy    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Sexual behavior    7. Sexually transmitted diseases    8. Social Issues - Adolescence    9. Social Issues - Dating and Sex    10. Teenage pregnancy    11. Teenagers   

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A must read for pregnant & parenting teenagers
I am very impressed by this book.It is well written and in language a teenager can understand.I used this book while preparing to teach a class to pregnant and parenting teens and found that even adults have something to learn by reading this book (although it is certainly not written for an adult reader.)The information is concise and correct.It focuses on positive parenting to improve the parent's self-esteem while teaching the parent to develop the self-esteem of their child.Not only does the book pose the difficulties of being a parent, it also points out support systems and strategies for inproving a child's behavior.Most importantly, the book looks at parenting from an adolecent's point-of-view.The authors did an excellent job of addressing real parenting dilemmas, but they were able to tailor the material to an adolescent's perspective.I also appreciated that the authors included comments from teen parent's in the teen's words.I think all parenting classes should have one book for each student to read.

Review from a teen mom
I thought that this book was very good. I loved the quotes from actual teen parents- I could really relate. The suggestions were very good. The only thing I didnt really like was that there wasn't enough focus on teen parents that were possitive. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Young Adult Misc. Nonfiction    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Health & Daily Living - Sexuality & Pregnancy    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Parenting - General    6. Family & Relationships / Parenting   

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Highly recommended reading
I found this book to be extremely well-written and informative. The authors tackle a sensitive subject in a clear and direct manner, covering issues such as birth control, pregnancy, sexually-transmitted diseases and relationships. The book will most certainly provide helpful information to teenagers, parents, as well as counselors.

Highly recommended reading
I found this book to be extremely well-written and informative. The authors tackle a sensitive subject in a clear and direct manner, covering issues such as birth control, pregnancy, sexually-transmitted diseases, and relationships. The book will most certainly provide helpful information to teenagers, parents as well as counselors.

Highly recommended reading
I found "Like it is: A Teen Sex Guide" to be extremely well-written and informative. The authors tackle a sensitive subject in a clear and direct manner, covering issues such as birth control, pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and relationships. This book will most certainly provide helpful information to teens, parents, as well as counselors. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    2. Family / Parenting / Childbirth    3. Juvenile Nonfiction    4. Life Stages - Adolescence - Sexuality    5. Sex education    6. Sex instruction for teenagers    7. Sex instruction for youth    8. Social Issues - Dating and Sex    9. Birth control, contraception, family planning    10. Sex education & the facts of life   

Subjects:  1. Curricula    2. Education / Teaching    3. Educational Policy & Reform    4. General    5. Health & Fitness    6. Health/Fitness    7. Human Sexuality    8. Sex education    9. Sex instruction    10. Social Problems (General) (Young Adult)    11. Sex education & the facts of life    12. Social Sciences   

Subjects:  1. Human Sexuality    2. Psychology    3. Psychology Of Sexuality    4. Sex    5. Sex (Biology)    6. Sex (Psychology)    7. Sex Relations    8. Sociology    9. Gender studies    10. Sex education & the facts of life   

Subjects:  1. Juvenile Nonfiction / Activity Books    2. Juvenile Nonfiction / Health / Sexuality & Pregnancy    3. Activity books    4. Children's 4-8    5. Christian life    6. Health - Sexuality & Pregnancy    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Sex instruction for children   

Subjects:  1. Sex education & the facts of life   

Subjects:  1. Abortion    2. Abortion & Birth Control    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    4. General    5. Health & Daily Living - Sexuality & Pregnancy    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Social Issues - Pregnancy    8. Social Issues - Values & Virtues    9. Sociology    10. Ethical issues    11. Social Sciences   

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Interesting, accessible -- invaluable
The book was great.My 11 year old son found and read the entire book before I got around to suggesting he look at it.He found it interestingand accessible; and it was a springboard for invaluable conversationsbetween the two of us.The book was comprehensive and written with obvioussensitivity and insight into a highly vulnerable, confusing and excitingtime in the lives of young people.There was not a hint of moralizing orsense of being "talked down to", which I greatly appreciated. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Diet    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12)    4. Health & Daily Living - Sexuality & Pregnancy    5. Health - Sexuality & Pregnancy    6. Hygiene, Sexual    7. Juvenile literature    8. Love    9. Man-woman relationships    10. Sex instruction for children    11. Adolescent children    12. Gender studies    13. Sex & sexuality   

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Talking to children about sex
This is a safe and comfortable book that parents and teachers can use to talk about sex issues with their children. The illustrations are very helpful and the text that accompanies is factual and sensible. This is a must for all parents who have to handle the topic of sex at some point or another with their curios children. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Developmental - Child    4. Human reproduction    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Physiology    8. Reproduction    9. Sex education    10. Sex instruction for children    11. Sexuality    12. Social Issues - Pregnancy    13. Sex education & the facts of life   

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Excellent Teaching Material for Healthcare Providers
I have used this book in my practice as an OB-GYn Nurse Practitioner and have recommended it to many of my patients and friends with daughters about to enter puberty.It isn't the dry, clinical text seen in earlier worksand the illustrations make it fun.I believe the best chapter to be"What if...?" as it was written in collaboration with theauthor's 15 yo niece. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. General    4. Health - Sexuality & Pregnancy