Resources for Families on Parent-Child Communication

Recommended Books

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All About Sex: A Family Resource on Sex and Sexuality Ronald Filiberti Moglia & Jon Knowles
Three Rivers Press, 1997
New York, NY
ISBN: 0609801465
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Bellybuttons Are Navels Mark Schoen
Prometheus Books, 1992
Amherst, MA
ISBN: 0879755857
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Beyond the Big Talk: Every Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Teens from Middle School to High School and Beyond Debra Haffner
New Market Press, 2002
ISBN: 1557045178
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Caution: Do Not Open Until Puberty! An Introduction to Sexuality for Young Adults with Disabilities
Rick Enright
Devinjer House, 1995
ISBN: 0968041507

Did the Sun Shine Before You Were Born? A Sex Education Primer
Sol Gordon & Judith Gordon
Aperture, 1974
ISBN: 0893881791
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The Family Guide to Sex and Relationships Richard Walker
Macmillan Publishing USA, 1996
ISBN: 002861433X
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Flight of the Stork: What Children Think (and When) About Sex and Family Building Anne C. Berstein
Perspective Press, 1996
ISBN: 0944934099
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From Diapers to Dating: A Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children Debra W. Haffner
Newmarket Press, 2000
ISBN: 1557044260
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The Go Ask Alice Book of Answers: A Guide to Good Physical, Sexual, and Emotional Health Columbia University's Health Education Program
Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated, 1998
ISBN: 0805055703
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Happy Birth Day!
Robie Harris
Candlewick Press, 2002
ISBN: 0763609749
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"But How'd I Get in There in the First Place?": Talking to Your Young Child about Sex
Deborah Roffman
Perseus Press, 2002
ISBN: 0738205729
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How Can You Tell if You're Really in Love? Sol Gordon
Adams Media Corporation, 2001
ISBN: 1580624723
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How to Talk to Your Children about AIDS SIECUS, 1994
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How You Were Born
Joanna Cole
Morrow, William & Co., 1994
ISBN: 068812061X
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It's Perfectly Normal: Growing Up, Changing Bodies, Sex and Sexual Health Robie Harris
Candlewick Press, 1996
ISBN: 1564021599
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It's So Amazing: A Book about Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies & Families Robie Harris
Candlewick Press, 2002
ISBN: 0763613215
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Lesbian and Gay Youth: Care and Counseling
Donna Futterman & Caitlin Ryan
Columbia University Press, 1998
ISBN: 0231111916
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My Body, My Self for Boys: The What's Happening to My Body? Workbook Lynda Madaras & Area Madaras
Newmarket Press, 2000
ISBN: 1557044406
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My Body, My Self For Girls: The What's Happening to My Body? Workbook Lynda Madaras & Area Madaras
Newmarket Press, 2000
ISBN: 1557044414
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Now What Do I Do?Robert Selverstone
SIECUS, 1996
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Out With It: Gay and Straight Teens Write about Homosexuality Paul Fell Cartoons, 1996
ISBN: 0966125606

PeriodJoAnn Loulan, Bonnie Lopez & Bonnie Worthen
Book Peddlers, 2001
ISBN: 0916773965
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Raising a Child Responsibly in a Sexually Permissive World  Sol Gordon & Judith Gordon
Adams Media Corporation, 1999
ISBN: 1580621775
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Raising Sexually Healthy Children: A Loving Guide for Parents, Teachers and Care-Givers
Lynn Leight
Morrow, William & Co, 1990
ISBN: 0380708574
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Sex and Sensibility: The Thinking Parent's Guide to Talking Sense about Sex Deborah Roffman
Perseus Press, 2001
ISBN: 0738205206
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The Sex Education Dictionary for Teens and Preteens Dean Hoch & Nancy Hoch
Landmark Publishing, 1990
ISBN: 0962420905
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Sex Stuff for Kids 7-17Carole Marsh
Gallopade Publishing Group, 1997
ISBN: 0793368901
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Sexual Development of Young Children Virginia Lively & Edwin Lively
Delmar Thomson Learning, 1991
ISBN: 0827341989
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The Real Truth About Teens and Sex: From Hooking Up to Friends with Benefits—What Teens Are Thinking, Doing, and Talking About, and How to Help Them Make Smart Choices Sabrina Weill
Perigee Trade, 2005
ISBN: 039953198X
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Ten Talks Parents Must Have with Their Children about Sex and Character Pepper Schwartz & Dominic Cappello
Hyperion Press, 2000
ISBN: 0786885483
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Two Teenagers in Twenty: Writings by Gay & Lesbian Youth Ann Heron
Alyson Publications, 1995
ISBN: 1555832822
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What's Happening to My Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-up Guide for Parents and Sons Lynda Madaras
Newmarket Press, 2000
ISBN: 1557044430
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What's Happening to My Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-up Guide for Parents and Daughters Lynda Madaras
Newmarket Press, 2000
ISBN: 1557044449
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What's the Big Secret?: Talking About Sex with Boys and Girls Laurie Krasoy Brown
Little, Brown and Company, 2000
ISBN: 0316101834
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When Living Hurts: A Lively What-to-Do Book for Yourself or Someone You Care about Who Feels Discouraged, Sad, Lonely, Hopeless, Angry or Frustrated, Unhappy or Bored, Depressed, Suicidal : For Teenagers and Young Adults Sol Gordon
Union of American Hebrew Congregations, 1994
ISBN: 0807405011
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When Sex Is the Subject: Attitudes and Answers for Young Children
Pamela Wilson
ETR Associates, 1991
ISBN: 1560710640
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Words Can Work: When Talking with Kids about Sexual Health Jeanne Blake
Family Health Productions, Inc., 2004
ISBN: 097531470X
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Recommended Videos

In Our Own Words: Teens and AIDSFamily Health Productions, Inc., 1995 Boston, MA Click Here to Purchase This Video	The Power of Girls: Inside and OutFamily Health Productions, Inc., 2003 Boston, MA Click Here to Purchase This Video
Raising Healthy Kids: Families Talk About Sexual HealthFamily Health Productions, Inc., 1997 Boston, MA Click Here to View Clips from This Video Click Here to Purchase This Video	Talking About Sex: A Guide for Families Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 1996 New York, NY Click Here to Purchase This Video

Recommended Organizations

Advocates for Youth 2000 M Street NW, Suite 750 Washington, DC 20036 P: 202.419.3420	American Academy of Pediatrics 141 Northwest Point Boulevard Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 P: 847.228.5005
American Association for Health Education 1900 Association Drive Reston, VA 20191-1598 P: 703.476.3400	American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors & Therapists PO Box 1960 Ashland, VA 23005-1960 P: 804.752.0026
American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists 409 12th Street SW Washington, DC 20024-2188 P: 202.638.5577	American Medical Association 515 N. State Street Chicago, IL 60610 P: 312.464.5315
American Red Cross, Health & Safety Services 8111 Gatehouse Road, 6th Floor Falls Church, VA 22042 P: 703.206.7421	American School Health Association P.O. Box 708 Kent, OH 44240 P: 330.678.160
Children's Defense Fund 25 E Street NW Washington, DC 20001 P: 202.628.8787	CDC National Prevention Information NetworkP.O. Box 6003 Rockville, MD 20849-6003 P: 1.800.458.523
Family Health Productions PO Box 1639 Gloucester, MA 01930 P: 978.282.9970	Girls Incorporated 120 Wall Street New York, NY 10005 P: 212.509.2000
National Council of La Raza 1111 19th Street NW, Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20009-6207 P: 202.785.1670	National Education Association Health Information Network 1201 16th Street NW Washington, DC 20036 P: 202.822.7570
National PTA 330 N. Wabash Avenue, Suite 2100 Chicago, IL 60611 P: 312.670.6782	Planned Parenthood Federation of America 810 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 P: 212.541.7800
Search Institute 700 South Third Street, Suite 210 Minneapolis, MN 55415 P: 612.376.8955	Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) 130 West 42nd Street, Suite 350 New York, NY 10036-7802 P: 212.819.9770
YWCA of the U.S.A. 350 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10118 P: 212.273.7800

Compiled by Barbara Huberman, RN, MEd
Revised edition, © Advocates for Youth, April 2005

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