| Description |
x, 285 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-285). |
| Summary |
"Dr. Lynn Ponton, a psychiatrist who specializes in counseling troubled teens and their parents, provides readers with the rare opportunity to step into the therapist's office and hear what teens have to say about their sexual lives. In frank and honest language, they relate their fears, expectations, and knowledge - or lack thereof - about sex. Teenagers and parents alike have a voice here, and Dr. Ponton helps them come to terms with emerging sexual identities. She opens a dialogue that explores teens' sometimes risky behavior and addresses controversial topics such as pregnancy, abortion, masturbation, fantasies, internet dating, sexual orientation, and gender roles."--Jacket. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Forbidden Fruit -- Studs and Sluts: The Dating Game -- Here Comes Puberty: The Many Meanings of Menstruation -- Alarming Arousal: Sexual Fantasies and Masturbation -- Safety in Numbers: The Guiltless Mosh Pit -- Coming and Going Online: The Interface of Sex and Technology -- Unnatural Partners? Intimacy and Intercourse -- Not My Child: Homosexuality, Bisexuality, and Sexual Orientation -- A Tale of Two Pregnancies -- Lara's Theme: Sex, Stigma, and STDs -- The Dark Side: When Violence and Force Join Sexuality -- None of My Business: Parents and Sex -- Epilogue: Ready or Not. |
| Subject |
Teenagers -- Sexual behavior -- United States.
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Self-esteem in adolescence -- United States.
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Sex -- United States.
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Homosexuality -- United States.
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Homosexuality. (OCoLC)fst00959755
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Self-esteem in adolescence. (OCoLC)fst01111690
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Sex. (OCoLC)fst01114160
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Teenagers -- Sexual behavior.
(OCoLC)fst01145644
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| ISBN |
052594561X (acid-free) |
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9780525945611 (acid-free) |
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