My Changing Body

by Linda Picone

Overview

Filled with practical, insightful facts about the changes boys go through before and after puberty, My Changing Body is the ultimate know-your-body manual for boys. Included here is everything boys need to know about growth spurts, voice changes, body hair, and their reproductive systems-along with fascinating explanations for all those other mysterious physical and emotional changes that accompany growing up. Helpful illustrations and diagrams are presented alongside age-appropriate information for boys.

Designed to be used either as a parent-child communication tool or as a book that boys can read on their own, My Changing Body is the best guide to the transitions boys face in the middle grade years and beyond.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781577491811
Publisher:	Fairview Press
Publication date:	06/16/2010
Edition description:	Boy's Edition
Pages:	150
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction: Growing Up vii

Chapter 1 Basic Anatomy: Is This Still Me? 1

Chapter 2 New Emotions and Identity: Becoming Who You Are 11

Chapter 3 The Male Body: Becoming a Man 23

Chapter 4 What Sex Is All About-and What It Means 33

Chapter 5 Falling in Love: Dating, Love, and So On 43

Chapter 6 Take Care of Your Body-It's the Only One You Have 57

Chapter 7 Birth Control: Having a Baby Can Wait 77

Chapter 8 Pregnancy and Birth: It's a Baby! 85

Dictionary 101