Table of Contents
Introduction 1
What's This Book All About, Anyway?
Chapter 1 Surviving Love and Sex 3
Including…
Liking Girls (Liking Guys, Liking Both, Born One / Being the Other)
Asking Someone Out (Some Basic Asking-Out Hacks, What to Do If Your Crush Says No)
The Date (What to Wear, How to Behave on the Date, The Kiss Good Night)
The Next Steps
Making a Relationship Work (What Is Romance?)
Love (What Is Love, Anyway? How Do You Know It's Love? What About Crushes? Saying "I Love You")
Getting Intimate (Wrong Reasons, What About the Right Reasons? Safe Sex, Sex and the Internet)
Breaking Up (Dumping Someone, Getting Dumped, Getting Over It)
Chapter 2 Surviving all the Changes in Your Body 87
Including…
The Puberty Express
Plumbing (Masturbation, Wet Dreams)
Sexy Thoughts (Porn)
Body Hair
Facial Hair
Pimples, Zits, Eruptions
Greasy Hair
Being Stinky
Your Voice
Chapter 3 Surviving Teenage Ups and Downs 114
Including…
Emotions
What Is Depression? (How Can You Tell If You Are Depressed? Why Teenagers Have Ups and Downs, What to Do if You're Feeling Down)
Confidence (Building Your Confidence, Body Language, Coping with Criticism)
Chapter 4 Surviving Teenage Social Life 133
Including…
Peer Pressure (Saying "No")
Fights
The Internet and Social Media
Bullying (If You're a Bully, Being Bullied)
Substances That Make You Feel Great…Or Not So Great (Booze, Cigarettes, Drugs)
Conclusion 169
So Now What?
Resources 173
Acknowledgments 183
