How to Talk to Your Child About Sex

Includes bibliographical references

Linda and Richard Eyre stress that it's never too soon-or too late-to start discussing sex and values with your children, and they've got proven strategies to make it easier. For parents who want to go beyond the birds and the bees talk, How to Talk to Your Child About Sex provides thoughtful, clear, specific guidance on when and, most important, how to help children begin to learn and understand sex, love, and commitment from the most positive viewpoint possible.

Preliminary "as needed" talks with three-to eight-year-olds

The age eight Big Talk

Follow-up talks with eight-to thirteen-year-olds

Behavior discussions and guidelines with eleven-to sixteen-year-olds

Discussions of perspective and personal standards with fifteen-to nineteen-year-olds