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Resources for Parents
On-line Resources
Sexuality Information & Education Council of the United States
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Stop it Now: The campaign to prevent child sex abuse
TeenPregnancy.org: The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
No Place Like Home (Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon)
The Porn Talk: How to talk to kids about porn
Sexuality Information:
Dot Girl's First Period Kit - The perfect gift for the pre-menstrual girl!
Child Molestation Research and Prevention Institute
Child Trends Social Science Research - go to "What Works"
Other on-line resources:
Net Nanny - Keeping Kids Safe On-line
Zoo.com - Kid friendly, pre-screened browser
Treeswing - Helping Our Kids Lead Healthy Lives
Harborview Center for Sexual Assault
Book List
Recommended for ages 3 to 8
How Babies are Made Andrew C. Andry and Steven Schepp
What's the Big Secret? Laurie Krasny Brown, Ed.D. and Marc Brown
Where Did I Come From? Peter Mayle
What's Happening to Me? Peter Mayle
It's So Amazing! A book about eggs, sperm, birth, babies and families Robie Harris
It's NOT the Stork
Your Body Belongs to You Cornelia Spelman and Teri Weidner
Recommended for ages 8 and older
It's Perfectly Normal! Changing bodies, growing up, sex and sexual health Robbie Harris
The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls (American Girl Library) Valerie Schaefer
The Boy's Body Book: Everything You Need To Know For Growing Up YOU!
The "What's Happening to My Body?" Book for Girls Lynda Madaras with Area Madaras
What's Going on Down There? Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask Karen Gravelle with Nick and Chava Castro
Changing Bodies - Changing Lives Ruth Bell and others
For parents
Everything You Never Wanted Your Kids To Know About Sex (But Were Afraid They'd Ask): The Secrets To Surviving Your Child's Sexual Development From Birth To The Teens Justin Richardson and Mark Schuster
Sex And Sensibility: The Thinking Parent's Guide To Talking Sense About Sex Deborah Roffman
Protecting the Gift, Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane) Gavin De Becker
Smut: A Sex-Industry Insider (and Concerned Father) Says Enough is Enough Gil Reavill
The Primal Teen - What The New Discoveries About The Teenage Brain Tell Us About Our Kids Barbara Strauch