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So sexy so soon : the new sexualised childhood and what parents can do to protect their kids /

By: Levin, Diane E.
Contributor(s): Kilbourne, Jean.
Publisher: New York : Ballantine, 2009 (c2008)Edition: Ballantine Books trade paperback ed.Description: x, 226 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780345505071 (pbk.); 9780345505071:; 0345505077 (pbk.).Subject(s): Children -- United States -- Social conditions | Sex -- Social aspects -- United States | Mass media and children -- United States | Sex in mass media | Sex in popular culture -- United States | Body image in children -- United States | Body image in adolescence -- United States | Parent and child -- United StatesDDC classification: 305.23
Contents:
1. Never too young to be sexy: living with children in today's sexualized world -- 2. From Barbie to Bratz and beyond: sexy sells -- 3. Sexual development derailed: the toll on children -- 4. The toll on parents, families, and schools -- 5. Helping children through the minefields: what parents, families, and schools can do -- 6. Working it out together: the power of connecting deeply with children -- 7. The sexualized child enters adolescence: the floodgates open -- 8. Helping teenagers through the minefields -- 9. Creating a new cultural environment.
Summary: Including poignant stories demonstrating how our kids internalise what they see and hear, and extensive practical guidelines and strategies for counteracting these disturbing messages, this book gives parents the information, skills, and confidence they need to play a proactive role with their children around sexual issues.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 305.23 LEV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0076708
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-198) and index.

1. Never too young to be sexy: living with children in today's sexualized world -- 2. From Barbie to Bratz and beyond: sexy sells -- 3. Sexual development derailed: the toll on children -- 4. The toll on parents, families, and schools -- 5. Helping children through the minefields: what parents, families, and schools can do -- 6. Working it out together: the power of connecting deeply with children -- 7. The sexualized child enters adolescence: the floodgates open -- 8. Helping teenagers through the minefields -- 9. Creating a new cultural environment.

Including poignant stories demonstrating how our kids internalise what they see and hear, and extensive practical guidelines and strategies for counteracting these disturbing messages, this book gives parents the information, skills, and confidence they need to play a proactive role with their children around sexual issues.

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