Sex-Wise Parent: The Parent's Guide to Protecting Your Child, Strengthening Your Family, and Talking to Kids About Sex, Abuse, and Bullying

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If your kids arent learning about sex from you, what are they learning about sex, and who is teaching them Having the talk with your child does not have to be a terrifying and awkward event. Armed with The Sex-Wise Parent, Dr. Janet Rosenzweigs groundbreaking book, you may find you never have to have the talk."
Dr. Rosenzweig shows you how you can help protect your children from sexual abuse, trauma, and bullying through your everyday interaction with them. Shell walk you through the steps you can take to combine your own familys values with age-appropriate information for children at all stages of development. And she'll show you how to do it in a way that will improve the trust and communication between you and your child.
Dr. Rosenzweig applies her decades of experience in child abuse prevention, sexuality education and family service to help you identify the real threats to your childrens safety and protect them from becoming victims of sexual misinformation or exploitation at any age. From choosing a child's first daycare to meeting the multimedia challenges of adolescence, The Sex-Wise Parent will coach you to raise sexually safe and healthy sons and daughters.

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For generationsAmerican parents have been getting a failing grade in the important job oftalking with their children about sex. The Sex-Wise Parent is just thetool needed to raise that grade to an A+. It's sound information and advice--amust read for parents. --David Walsh, Ph.D., author of Why Do They Act That Way A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen

For generations American parents have been getting a failing grade in the important job of talking with their children about sex. The Sex-Wise Parent is just the tool needed to raise that grade to an A+. It's sound information and advice--a must read for parents. --David Walsh, Ph.D., author of "Why Do They Act That Way A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen"

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Janet Rosenzweig is a research associate for Prevent Child Abuse-America. She earned her bachelor's degree and master's at Penn State, her PhD in social work from Rutgers, and her MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. She's held teaching positions at Rider University, The College of New Jersey, Rutgers University, and Penn State. From 2001 to 2007, she was the executive director of Prevent Child Abuse NJ and in 2009, she was appointed as a visiting Associate Professor at the Montclair State University Center for Child Advocacy, teaching graduate students from New Jersey and the NYC metro area. She currently lives with her husband in Montclair, New Jersey.