Reddit reviews What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents and Daughters
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No idea if it's really comparable, but I was given this. There's a version for girls also.
I can't recommend either of them specifically, but I definitely think this was more comfortable to everyone involved than one big "the talk". Not that we never talked about any of this stuff (especially "Wear a condom, stupid!"), but it's a lot less intimidating to read a book on your own and on your own time, than try to talk about it with the two people you most want to imagine never have sex, even though your very existence is evidence to the contrary.
Oh man, I was totally going to recommend this book but I thought it wasn't around anymore. My mom is a nurse, so she had no problem telling me how things were, but most of my friends were given a copy of The Care and Keeping of You at one point or another.
This one was popular too: https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Happening-Body-Book-Girls/dp/1557044449/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205158158&sr=1-1
"Let's start with what you know."
I'm going to remember that for my own kids, brilliant idea. My parents kinda deflected it when I first asked, so when I was 11 they gave me this book. It was really useful. There's a version for girls as well.
The point is that parents should educate their children. Children need to be educated and they aren't being. It's not irrelevant, because it's a fucking problem. It's not happening where it should. Websites like makelovenotporn.com can be better resources than the others. Many of the resources parents use to educate their kids about sex are clinical and useless. They do not address the questions kids actually have about sex. Note, I was given What's Happening to My Body Which while very helpful regarding puberty, did not answer most of my questions about sex. Scarleteen is a great resource, and I'm sure there are others, but I can not possibly understand why adding another resource is going to somehow negatively impact the amount of available education.
Also, I'm acting of freewill if I drink nothing but koolaid because it is all my parents keep in the house, it doesn't mean that if I knew apple juice existed I wouldn't like it better.