Book Review
Short Summary
Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski is an experienced hands-on educator. She understands the challenges that young people go through, especially when it comes to having relevant conversations with the adults in their lives about sex and similar topics. This inspiring book is a guide for parents who want to start these conversations with their children. She has also written other practical books which are on this website.
What This Book Is About
As a guide for parents who want to start talking to their kids about sex, their bodies and setting boundaries, Sex Ed is in Session gives you the tools to communicate with your child in a respectful way. It talks about:
- How to respect young people
- How to listen to what young people have to say
- How to create a safe environment for young people to thrive
- Bodies, sex, consent, change and how to talk openly with the children in your care
- Phones, nudes and social media
- Abuse, Trauma, grief, forgiveness, integrity, morals, faith
- Her own experience with cancer
This book shows you how to become more intentional in creating a trusting and safe environment where the young person in your life can thrive and learn.
Reflection and Comments
This book gives you the tools to have a deeper connection with your child that are genuine and free from judgment.
The author focuses on the aspects that help build that connection. Learning how to respect and listen to young people is not always easy, but the author is real and vunerable and shows you how. The quarter of a million young people she has worked with in the past gives great insight as to how these young people feel and think, empowering parents to guide and have ongoing conversations with their child.
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