I’m keeping a list of books & resources that have helpful to me in raising a human person. I thought it would be helpful to share them here. Please preview to see if they will work for your family. :)
Puberty & Sexuality resources
BOOKS for pre-teens and teens
- It’s Perfectly Normal: http://robieharris.com/?page_id=186 (The other books in this series are also helpful.)
- What’s Happening To My Body? (book for girls):https://www.harpercollins.com/9781557048974/whats-happening-to-my-body-book-for-girls
- What’s Happening To My Body? (book for boys): https://www.harpercollins.com/9781557047694/whats-happening-to-my-body-book-for-boys
- Reaching for the Moon https://www.amazon.com/Reaching-Moon-Lucy-H-Pearce/dp/1910559083
- Growing Up: Inside and Out https://shop.owlkids.com/products/growing-up-inside-and-out-1?variant=20208199297
- Will Puberty Last My Whole Life? http://www.sasquatchbooks.com/book/?isbn=9781632171795&will-puberty-last-my-whole-life-by-julie-metzger
- Wait, What? https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Wait-What/Heather-Corinna/9781620106594
- (For teens & beyond): S.E.X., second edition: The All-You-Need-To-Know Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties
BOOKS for adults
- Talk To Me First: http://sexandsensibility.net/ (I wrote a blog post about it here: https://rebeccakuder.com/2017/05/17/a-great-book-for-parents-teachers/)
- Untangled: https://www.drlisadamour.com/untangled/
- Under Pressure: https://www.drlisadamour.com/under-pressure/
- Girls & Sex: https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062209726/girls-and-sex
- Whatever, Mom: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31395.Whatever_Mom (read my post here.)
ONLINE:
- Trauma-proofing your kids: http://msue.anr.msu.edu/news/trauma_proofing_your_kids
- New Moon Girls (magazine and website) http://newmoon.com/
- Scarleteen: https://www.scarleteen.com/
- Rebecca’s blog post about the inner critic (with an exercise that might be useful in building self-esteem…can be tailored to age range): https://rebeccakuder.com/2017/10/31/go-away-you-rainsnout-november-30-days-with-the-inner-critic/
Rebecca Kuder 