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Author:

Levin, Diane E.

Title:

So sexy so soon : the new sexualized childhood, and what parents can do to protect their kids / Diane E. Levin and Jean Kilbourne.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Ballantine Books,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

x, 226 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Children--United States--Social conditions.
Sex--Social aspects--United States.
Mass media and children--United States.
Sex in mass media.
Sex in popular culture--United States.
Body image in children--United States.
Body image in adolescence--United States.
Parent and child--United States.

Other Authors:

Kilbourne, Jean.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-198) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Changing times, changing needs, changing responses -- Never too young to be sexy : living with children in today's sexualized world -- From Barbie to Bratz and beyond : sexy sells -- Sexual development derailed : the toll on children -- The toll on parents, families, and schools -- Helping children through the minefields : what parents, families and schools can do -- Working it out together : the power of connecting deeply with children -- The sexualized child enters adolescence : the floodgates open -- Helping teenagers through the minefields -- Creating a new cultural environment.

Summary:

Presents a guide to raising children with a healthy attitude toward sex and sexuality in a culture that provides a skewed sense of body image, role models, and the makeup of healthy intimate relationships, offering an antidote to the media's assault on childhood.

ISBN:

0345505077 (pbk.)
9780345505071 (pbk.)
0345505069 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780345505064 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)191922576

LCCN:

2008023599

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