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Sex Books Teens SHOULD
Read
Nobody
likes to hear about books marketed to schools and libraries, intended for
adolescents, that are full of sexual content. On the other hand, everybody
wants to make sure teens know where babies come from, and to have the
information they need to conduct themselves appropriately when it comes to
premarital sex.
Smart
parents will help teens find decent books - not works of fiction with sex as
entertainment - but nonfiction books to give them advice and information about
the important area of sexuality.
Here are
some suggestions:
Real
Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity, by Lauren Winner; this book calls all
forms of extramarital sex false, and contends that the only "real" sex takes
place in marriage. She makes a compelling, convincing case that the best goal
for teenagers is to remain sexually abstinent until marriage.
The
Game Plan: The Men's 30-Day Strategy for Attaining Sexual Integrity, by Joe Dallas; although targeted
to men, this book would help teenage boys plan a lifestyle that will keep them
free of porn, promiscuity, adultery and other forms of sexual immorality.
Sex: What You Don't Know Can Kill You,
by Dr. Joe McIlhaney; this straightforward, common-sense physician goes over
the sexually-transmitted diseases that are out there and explains how you catch
them, and what might happen to you if you do. The answer is obvious: if for no
other reason, protecting your health is reason enough to hold off on sex until
marriage.
By Susan Darst Williams • www.GoBigEd.com • Heart Lessons
026 • © 2006