American Medical Association Boy's Guide to Becoming a Teen Author: Kate Gruenwald Pfeifer | Language: English | ISBN:
B002LLRE78 | Format: EPUB
American Medical Association Boy's Guide to Becoming a Teen Description
Becoming a teen is an important milestone in every boy’s life. It’s even more important to get answers and advice to the most common health issues boys face from a trusted source. The
American Medical Association Boy’s Guide to Becoming a Teen is filled with invaluable advice to get you ready for the changes you will experience during puberty. Learn about these important topics and more:
- Puberty and what kinds of physical and emotional changes you can expect—from your developing body to your feelings about girls
- The importance of eating the right foods and taking care of your body
- Pimples, acne, and how to properly care for your skin
- Your reproductive system—inside and out
- Thinking about relationships and dealing with new feelings
- File Size: 3781 KB
- Print Length: 130 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0787983438
- Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (April 21, 2008)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B002LLRE78
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #94,840 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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in Books > Children's Books > Growing Up & Facts of Life > Health > Maturing
- #3
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Children's eBooks > Growing Up & Facts of Life > Health > Maturing - #19
in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Nonfiction > Children's Nonfiction > Science, Nature & How It Works > Health - #39
in Books > Children's Books > Growing Up & Facts of Life > Health > Maturing
I bought this book as part of a three book set, including "The Teenage Guy's Survival Guide" by Daldry and "The Guy Book, An Owner's Manual" by Jukes, to explain growing up to my son (see my other reviews).
This book is by far the lower level book of those three. It appears to be at about a 4th - 5th grade reading level, and is printed in a larger font, making it an easy read for even a younger or reading disabled pre-teen boy.
The illustrations are numerous and cartoonish, and should make it more attractive to younger readers.
This book is very basic, and is geared more towards a basic understanding of what is happening to the boy's body. It includes short, easy to read sections on physical changes (both sexual and general body growth and development, with good illustrations of growing male anatomy, with genital self-exams and health concerns explained very well, this may be the ONLY puberty book for boys that does that!), physical health, diet, mental health (depression, changing emotions, coping with death of a loved one, and parental divorce), feelings, social changes, and, at the last chapter, sex. The sex chapter delves into the areas of changing feelings towards girls, crushes, dating, peer pressure (including bullying and pressure to have sex), and STDs (very brief, very vague). It also has a special two page section on sexual harrassment and what's OK and NOT OK. Very cool! This book has two VERY SHORT paragraphs on "having a crush on another boy", but doesn't explain it at all, except to say that it can be complicated to figure out who you are attracted to, and that these feelings may change many times throughout your life. It advocates discussing these feelings with an adult, and gives no references to hotlines or resources.
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