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STRAIGHT TALK WITH YOUR KIDS ABOUT SEX

Copyright © 2012 by Josh McDowell Ministry. All rights reserved.

Published by Harvest House Publishers

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

McDowell, Josh.

Straight talk with your kids about sex / Josh and Dottie McDowell.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-7369-4992-7 (pbk.)

ISBN 978-0-7369-4993-4 (eBook)

1. Sex instruction. 2. Christian ethics. I. McDowell, Dottie. II. Title.

HQ56.M16 2012

649’.65Sex education.–dc23

2012016887   

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