Lamar Public Library

"Almost everything about puberty has changed since today's adults went through it. It starts, on average, two years earlier and stretches through high school... and for some, beyond. Gens Z and Alpha are also contending with a whole host of thorny issuesthat parents didn't experience in their own youth but nonetheless need to understand: everything from social media and easy-access pornography to gender identities and new or newly-potent drugs. Talking...

Provides a guide for talking to children about sex before they reach adolescence, and includes real-life scenarios, practical knowledge, and biblical wisdom, and examines such things as dating, sexual activity, sexually transmitted diseases, and molestation.

Describes the physical and emotional changes that occur in boys (and, to a lesser extent, in girls) during puberty and discusses sexual activity, homosexuality, AIDS, and other related topics.