How to Talk to Kids about Babies, Birth, and Puberty: Tips to foster conversations from toddlers to teens

Many parents dread the topics of sex and sexuality. Some avoid "the talk" altogether, hoping that school curriculum or other outside information will reach their children and satisfy their questions and curiosity. Others shy away from certain topics and try to give just enough information to quell the conversation for the moment. But children are born with a natural curiosity about everything, including their bodies. Questions about a child's sexuality start way before the teen years, and parents should not be afraid to address each and every one. Fostering healthy conversations about sex and sexuality will empower your child, teach values and ideas that you live by, and give the knowledge and confidence needed to make healthy, informed decisions.

Dr. Chrystal de Freitas is not only a doctor, but a parent as well. When she found her child's school curriculum vastly lacking in a secure and honest approach to teaching children about puberty and sexuality, she began to wonder how many other parents might be struggling with teaching their youngsters, too. She realized that parents need a bit of encouragement and help in starting conversations about sex and sexuality. In How to Talk to Kids about Babies, Birth, and Puberty, parents are given step-by-step approaches to encouraging conversations with their youngsters, from toddlers to teens. Parents will learn that these topics don't have to be embarrassing for either the parent or the child, and that these teachable moments can be turned into positive opportunities to share values and information that will help form lifelong trust between parent and child.

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How to Talk to Kids about Babies, Birth, and Puberty: Tips to foster conversations from toddlers to teens

Many parents dread the topics of sex and sexuality. Some avoid "the talk" altogether, hoping that school curriculum or other outside information will reach their children and satisfy their questions and curiosity. Others shy away from certain topics and try to give just enough information to quell the conversation for the moment. But children are born with a natural curiosity about everything, including their bodies. Questions about a child's sexuality start way before the teen years, and parents should not be afraid to address each and every one. Fostering healthy conversations about sex and sexuality will empower your child, teach values and ideas that you live by, and give the knowledge and confidence needed to make healthy, informed decisions.

Dr. Chrystal de Freitas is not only a doctor, but a parent as well. When she found her child's school curriculum vastly lacking in a secure and honest approach to teaching children about puberty and sexuality, she began to wonder how many other parents might be struggling with teaching their youngsters, too. She realized that parents need a bit of encouragement and help in starting conversations about sex and sexuality. In How to Talk to Kids about Babies, Birth, and Puberty, parents are given step-by-step approaches to encouraging conversations with their youngsters, from toddlers to teens. Parents will learn that these topics don't have to be embarrassing for either the parent or the child, and that these teachable moments can be turned into positive opportunities to share values and information that will help form lifelong trust between parent and child.

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How to Talk to Kids about Babies, Birth, and Puberty: Tips to foster conversations from toddlers to teens

How to Talk to Kids about Babies, Birth, and Puberty: Tips to foster conversations from toddlers to teens

by Chrystal de Freitas
How to Talk to Kids about Babies, Birth, and Puberty: Tips to foster conversations from toddlers to teens

How to Talk to Kids about Babies, Birth, and Puberty: Tips to foster conversations from toddlers to teens

by Chrystal de Freitas

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Many parents dread the topics of sex and sexuality. Some avoid "the talk" altogether, hoping that school curriculum or other outside information will reach their children and satisfy their questions and curiosity. Others shy away from certain topics and try to give just enough information to quell the conversation for the moment. But children are born with a natural curiosity about everything, including their bodies. Questions about a child's sexuality start way before the teen years, and parents should not be afraid to address each and every one. Fostering healthy conversations about sex and sexuality will empower your child, teach values and ideas that you live by, and give the knowledge and confidence needed to make healthy, informed decisions.

Dr. Chrystal de Freitas is not only a doctor, but a parent as well. When she found her child's school curriculum vastly lacking in a secure and honest approach to teaching children about puberty and sexuality, she began to wonder how many other parents might be struggling with teaching their youngsters, too. She realized that parents need a bit of encouragement and help in starting conversations about sex and sexuality. In How to Talk to Kids about Babies, Birth, and Puberty, parents are given step-by-step approaches to encouraging conversations with their youngsters, from toddlers to teens. Parents will learn that these topics don't have to be embarrassing for either the parent or the child, and that these teachable moments can be turned into positive opportunities to share values and information that will help form lifelong trust between parent and child.


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BN ID: 2940045024174
Publisher: Chrystal de Freitas
Publication date: 10/12/2012
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 841 KB

About the Author

San Diego-based Dr. Chrystal de Freitas is a pediatrician, author, wife, and mother of three adult children who has a special interest in family health education. She completed her pediatric training at the University of Washington, in Seattle, WA, and has been in private practice for 28 years. Early in her career, Dr. de Freitas served as a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington. Moving to Michigan in 1987, she worked part time at several area practices while raising her then young children. Relocating to the San Diego area in 1998, she first practiced with North County Health Services in Encinitas for 6 years before starting her solo private practice of pediatrics, Carmel Valley Pediatrics in 2004.

In 1993, Dr. de Freitas founded Healthy Chats LLC and began to provide family health education information through detailed seminars, books, a DVD kit, and online. A parallel Spanish site, Charlas de Salud is also available.

Dr. de Freitas is Board Certified in Pediatrics and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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