This Paperback Book item from Walker Books for Young Readers was reviewed on 25-Jul-2008. Search ISBN:0802775403 offer from Abebooks or used books from Alibris. What's Going on Down There?: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask Reference Book. Classifications : Abuse Social Issues People & Places Children's Books Subjects Books Nonfiction Boys & Men People & Places Children's Books Subjects Books Maturing Health Science, Nature & How It Works Children's Book . Click the following link to view the cover of What's Going on Down There?: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask. Related topics: Abuse. Social Issues. People & Places. Children´s Books. Subjects. Books. Nonfiction. Boys & Men. People & Places. Children´s Books. requestid: aba5865c-09c7-4367-b4e0-e532bbe0ed00
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1) Paperback Book What's Going on Down There?: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask by Walker Books for Young Readers. This book contains a wealth of information. Most pre teen and young teen boys need the information this book provides, but use caution. You should read it first and decide if it is right for your household and values. I had my son read the first half which I felt was age appropriate and valuable. However, the second half discusses sex in a very casual nature. If your target reader is 10 to 14 years old the word abstinence should be mentioned at least once! Statements in the book seem to give permission to become sexually active if the reader feels he is ready. Plenty of boys "feel" they are ready long before they have reach the maturity level to handle the consequences of sex. We read each chapter in the second half and discussed them together. This allowed me the opportunity as the parent to be sure our household beliefs were upheld and gave me a chance to comment on statements that I felt were reckless, such as the comments on boys masturbating with each other, which could have legal consequences. Also, the statements regarding childbirth not being necessarily painful was almost laughable. There are also comments about being asked by a stranger in the men´s restroom to perform sexual acts and the books suggests that the reader tell someone "if you can". In the world we live in the author needs to have been more responsible with her statements.¤ 2) Paperback Book What's Going on Down There?: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask by Walker Books for Young Readers. Great book for my nephew - he enjoyed reading it and asking me questions a bout it.¤ 3) Paperback Book What's Going on Down There?: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask by Walker Books for Young Readers. I purchased this book and "What´s Happening to Me?" for my 11 y/o son. He read "What´s Happening to Me?" with no problem. He started reading this book the same day. He brought it out to me after reading 3 chapters and said he wasn´t ready for it and didn´t want to read any more of it. He came back out a little later *very* upset by what he had read, crying and saying he couldn´t live with it. It took him 2 hours to calm down enough to go to bed. He asked me to write this review. He says the book goes into too much detail about the sex aspect. He said he thought the book would tell what happens during puberty but this book dealt too much with sex.¤ 4) Paperback Book What's Going on Down There?: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask by Walker Books for Young Readers. I was looking for a book to help in discussions with my 10 yr old son who was going through some physical changes. This book was descriptive and understandable. He didn´t want to talk with me about what was happening to his body. This book really helped explain it to him. He picked up the book and has read it at least a dozen times in the last couple months since we received it. He said it had the right level of detail in descriptions. The other book I purchased "What´s happening to me?" was more illustrations and fewer words. He strongly prefers this book.
¤ 5) Paperback Book What's Going on Down There?: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask by Walker Books for Young Readers. Chapter 8, titled: Is This Normal? States, "it is not unusual for a boy to watch another boy masturbate or to masturbate with a group of boys. Nor is it unusual for two boys to masturbate each other." My 13 year old son was accused of sexual assault by an 11 year old boy (a friend) after the 11 year old suggested they masturbated together, they did so on three occasions. The charge came a year later, social services and the police visited our home. Our younger son was almost removed from our home. Our 14 year old was questioned by police, charged, fingerprinted and we had to hire a lawyer. This book states that boys masturbating together or each other is not unusual. Maybe so, but it is a crime, and your child could be charged with sexual assault. Especially when the other child, out of guilt, fear, or revenge perhaps, tells his parents that he wasn´t a willing participate once he realizes his "young, boyish curiosity" was a crime. BEWARE!¤ 6) Paperback Book What's Going on Down There?: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask by Walker Books for Young Readers. Why is my voice making such weird sounds? When will I be able to start shaving? Why do I keep getting pimples? What is a wet dream?
Your body has been behaving very strangely lately. You hardly know what to expect from one day to the next. Karen Gravelle, with some help from her two young advisors, Nick and Chava Castro, has written a down-to-earth and practical book that will help guide you through this confusing time in your life. What´s Going On Down There? answers any questions you might have about puberty, from what it is and what it feels like, to what puberty is like for girls, to how to handle the sexual feelings you may be starting to experience. Robert Leighton´s funny and informative cartoons ease the confusion and exasperation you might feel.
Part manual, part older brother, What´s Going On Down There? will give you the facts you need to feel comfortable and confident about this new phase of your life.
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