Book Review
Short Summary
Birds + Bees + YOUR Kids: A Guide to Sharing Your Beliefs about Sexuality, Love, and Relationships was written by Amy Lang for parents. As a practicing sexual health educator for the past 25 years, the author guides parents about how to talk to their kids about sexuality and help them become confident and healthy young adults.
What This Book Is About
The book gives parents the foundation they need to help them share their own values and beliefs to their kids, especially when it comes to sex and relationships. This is especially geared towards parents with kids who are just about to enter middle school, but is still applicable even if their kids are younger or older.
This book covers topics like:
- Your values and beliefs on sexuality and how you learnt about sex.
- How you learned about the birds and the bees
- Topics in the 21st century like pregnancy, abortion, birth control, sexually transmitted infections, gender, identity, sexual attraction masturbation and more
- Childhood sexual behavior
- Puberty and adolescence
- External factors that affect your kids like media, social media and pornography
- How to start healthy conversations and how to keep them going
- Where to find support
Reflection and Comments
The author, Amy Lang uses a relatable approach by first letting parents remember how it was when it was their time to find out about what the birds and the bees were about. She also digs into the parents’ own beliefs and values, knowing that these factors will have the most impact on the way they talk to their kids about sexuality.
From there, she talks facts about today’s generation. After all, there is a huge difference with the way kids think and act now compared to how we as parents grew up. A better understanding of these differences, as well as the current risks, can help parents approach these topics from a different perspective.
The author even suggests that the readers journal their thoughts so that they process all of the information.
The fact that the book has a friendly and conversational tone all throughout helps readers get a feel for how the conversations might go and how they as parents can be empowered to have them.
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