It's Perfectly Normal

Harris, R. (2009). It's perfectly normal. Boston, MA: Candlewick Press.

Summary: This book on "changing bodies, growing up, sex, and sexual health," answers many questions on a very sensitive.  It divides the book into an introduction and six separate parts: What is Sex?, Our Bodies, Puberty, Families and Babies, Decisions, and Staying Healthy.  Each of these six parts are also divided into many subdivisions which total to twenty eight. It contains a table of contents, a thank you page (which contains sources for the book), and an index. The cover states the book is for ages 10 and up.  This book also contains illustrations involving puberty, sex, and different body types.  It covers heterosexuality and homosexuality, pregnancy, birth control, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual abuse, and abortion. This is a well researched and large source of information on the various topics.  It states the facts and does not give a bias opinion on controversial topics.  Personally, I don't believe I would give all this information to my 10 year old daughter at once. This information would probably be more useful over a period of time.  However, each child is different and can handle this information at different times.

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