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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): Publication details: New York : Ballantine, 2009, ©2008.Edition: Ballantine books trade paperback edDescription: x, 226 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780345505071
  • 0345505077
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 649.65 22
LOC classification:
  • HQ792.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 Book MHERC Sexuality 649.65 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 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. A41300746
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.