Help Your Kids with Adolescence: A No-Nonsense Guide to Puberty and the Teenage Years

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Your guide to answering your kid's awkward questions about growing up, from cyberbullying to eating disorders to sex. Help your child navigate the tricky and difficult changes of puberty with this straightforward guide. With age-appropriate text and an innovative visual approach, Help Your Kids with Adolescence provides clear explanations to the major changes happening to their bodies. Find the answers to the difficult and uncomfortable situations of youth. Share how to deal with peer pressure around drugs and alcohol, encourage online safety, manage test and school anxieties, and have a frank conversation about periods. Learn what gender identity means, talk about bisexuality and homosexuality, and discuss safe sex with important information that will help teens make better decisions. Help Your Kids with Adolescence will guide both sides of the conversation so that a healthy and clear discussion happens and questions are answered without judgement. With consultant sex educator Dr. Karen Rayne, Help Your Kids with Adolescence is the essential guide for both parents and children during the challenging, confusing years of puberty and helps everyone foster your child's emotional well-being through understanding and openness. Contents 8......Page 10 Foreword by Karen Rayne 6......Page 8 How to use this book 10......Page 12 1 Growing up......Page 15 Teen brains 14......Page 16 Identity 16......Page 18 Thinking independently 18......Page 20 Mood swings 20......Page 22 Self-expression 22......Page 24 Gender 24......Page 26 2 Female puberty......Page 29 What is puberty? 28......Page 30 Female hormones 30......Page 32 Changing body 32......Page 34 Female sex organs 34......Page 36 The menstrual cycle 36......Page 38 Menstrual care 38......Page 40 Breasts 40......Page 42 Bras 42......Page 44 3 Male puberty......Page 47 What is puberty? 46......Page 48 Male hormones 48......Page 50 Changing body 50......Page 52 Testicles 52......Page 54 The penis 54......Page 56 Breaking voices 56......Page 58 4 Healthy body......Page 61 Keeping clean 60......Page 62 Sweat and smells 62......Page 64 Body hair 64......Page 66 Pimples 66......Page 68 Healthy eating 68......Page 70 Eating disorders 70......Page 72 Body image 72......Page 74 Exercise 74......Page 76 Sleep 76......Page 78 Teen ailments 78......Page 80 5 Healthy mind......Page 83 Positive mental health 82......Page 84 Emotions 84......Page 86 Confidence and self-esteem 86......Page 88 Introversion and extroversion 88......Page 90 Resilience 90......Page 92 Stress 92......Page 94 Anxiety and depression 94......Page 96 Panic attacks and phobias 96......Page 98 Self-harm 98......Page 100 6 Achieving potential......Page 103 School life 102......Page 104 Tests and studying 104......Page 106 Problem solving 106......Page 108 Hobbies and interests 108......Page 110 Money matters 110......Page 112 Goals and ambitions 112......Page 114 Career advice 114......Page 116 Types of career 116......Page 118 Going to college 118......Page 120 Alternatives to college 120......Page 122 Getting a job 122......Page 124 Speaking up 124......Page 126 7 Digital life......Page 129 The Internet 128......Page 130 Social media 130......Page 132 Digital self 132......Page 134 Making judgments 134......Page 136 Digital habits 136......Page 138 Cyberbullying 138......Page 140 Staying safe online 140......Page 142 Privacy 142......Page 144 Gaming 144......Page 146 8 Wider world......Page 149 Safer streets 148......Page 150 Bullying 150......Page 152 Discrimination 152......Page 154 Equality 154......Page 156 Religion 156......Page 158 Citizenship 158......Page 160 Understanding the news 160......Page 162 Alcohol 162......Page 164 Smoking 164......Page 166 Drug use and abuse 166......Page 168 Types of drugs 168......Page 170 9 Families......Page 173 Different families 172......Page 174 Parent-teen relationships 174......Page 176 Building trust 176......Page 178 Dealing with conflict 178......Page 180 Difficult events 180......Page 182 Siblings 182......Page 184 10 Relationships......Page 187 Communication skills 186......Page 188 Friendships 188......Page 190 Interactions 190......Page 192 Peer pressure 192......Page 194 Dating 194......Page 196 Rejection 196......Page 198 Healthy relationships 198......Page 200 Unhealthy relationships 200......Page 202 Breakups 202......Page 204 11 Sexuality......Page 207 Sexuality 206......Page 208 Different sexual identities 208......Page 210 Attraction 210......Page 212 Coming out 212......Page 214 12 Sex......Page 217 Masturbation 216......Page 218 Virginity 218......Page 220 Consent 220......Page 222 Intimacy 222......Page 224 Sex 224......Page 226 Orgasms 226......Page 228 Sexual reproduction 228......Page 230 Safer sex 230......Page 232 Contraception 232......Page 234 Bacterial and parasitic STDs 234......Page 236 Viral STDs 236......Page 238 Pregnancy 238......Page 240 Pregnancy choices 240......Page 242 Pornography 242......Page 244 Sexting 244......Page 246 Find out more 246......Page 248 Glossary 248......Page 250 Index 252......Page 254 Acknowledgments 256......Page 258