In this book, young people and parents discuss puberty, values, relationships, birth control, and postponing sex. Experts, including former United States (US) Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D., offer facts, strategies, and the words to help young people and families talk about these topics.

Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Girls and puberty
3. Boys and puberty
4. Talking about your family’s beliefs and values
5. Building trust with your child
6. What’s a period?
7. Talking about relationships
8. At what age is it O.K. to have sex?
9. Oral sex and teens
10. Sexually transmitted infections
11. Beginning to use birth control
12. Methods of birth control
13. Condoms
14. How to use a condom correctly
15. Living with HIV
16. When your child is gay

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Words Can Work website accessed on August 27 2008.