Sex, Teens, and and Everything In Between

Today's review is on Sex, Teens, and  and Everything In Between by Shafia Zaloom. It is 313 pages long including and notes a bibliography and other resources. It is published by Source books. The cover is white with the title in red, orange and yellow. The intended reader is parents, educators, teens and anyone who deals with teenagers and sexuality. There is no foul language,there is discussion of sex and sexuality and discussions of violence in this book. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the back of the book-  The Only book you need to start a conversation with your kids about sexual harassment, consent, #metoo, and more.

Many American teens are steeped in a culture that sends unsettling messages about sex, through everything from politics to music to the normalization of p***. In today's environment it's critical that teens be able to ask hard questions about how to take care of themselves, make decisions that reflect their values, and stay safe. Insects teens and everything in between, veteran teen sex educator and mother of three Shafia Zaloom  helps you discuss a wife or I variety of sex related topic with your teams, including;

• How to get and give consent

•  What it means to have “good" sex

•  How to help prevent sexual harassment and assault

•  How to stay safe in difficult situations

•  The legal consequences of sexual harassment and assault, and what to do if a teen experience is assault or is accused of it

•  Stories from survivors of sexual assault

Approachable, engaging, and was real life scenarios and discussion questions in each chapter, Sex,Tteens, and Eeverything in between is a must-have resource that gives parents and educators the tools they need to have meaningful conversations with teens about what sex can and should be.

Review- This is an interesting and engaging nonfiction book about a difficult topic to talk about but a very needed one. Zaloom has been working with teens for decades and pours all of her years of work and research into this book. The writing style is engaging, the stories from the teens are very clear, easy to understand what the teens are struggling with, and helps parents / educators to have these conversations with the teenagers in their lives. At times this book can be difficult to read, as there is discussion of rape, dating violence, and sexual assault but these are important discussions to have with teenagers so that if it happens to them they can understand what's happening. This may be a difficult book to read as it deals with hard topics but if you work with teenagers or if you just want to understand teen sexuality more then you should give this book a look. 

I give this nonfiction  book a five out of five stars. I get nothing for my review and I was given this book as a gift.