Judith Levine cuts through the bs and offers a common sense approach to dealing with a very uncomfortable subject. Very well researched and un-biased. She offers up what we already knew and we as parents should encourage our children's sex-positive attitude no matter the age. The most important thing we can do is let them do wherever feels good with whom ever they choose, no matter the gender, the partners age, the types of sexual activity as long as its CONSENSUAL. No means no. Just as there ate guardrails on a racetrack so to the parents have the responsibility of proving them with information, protection and if asked for, answer questions and provide sexual instructions. The most important thing is everybody's safety. My daughters were 7 and 8 when I discovered, as awkward as it sounds, they had both been using my electric toothbrush to masturbate. With out mentioning it i had them both come sit down with me at my computer that following Saturday. I opened my partition with all my adult links and opened 3 quality adult toys website. I told them i felt it was time they had some big girl toys and I let them pick whatever they wanted with no shame. I myself picked out 2 Hitachi "Wands" because they are pretty amazing from what the 8 women I asked had said. I then took both of them down to planned parenthood and got them both the pill as birth control and prevnar13 at the family doctor. Surprisingly All 8 women i asked were 100 percent supportive of what I did and the responses ranged from "that was so sweet!" To "that's really cool, edgy and kinda hot". I just thought it was supportive and part of my job as a sex positive parent. Anyway, we read the descriptions together, giggled and hugged a lot. After that day we became even closer. I finally broke down and laughed as I told them I wanted them to get those just in case they were getting any ideas about my electric toothbrush.The moral of the story is kids have been having sex for thousands of years and it hasn't been the downfall of modern civilization. The way we react to it WILL be more likely to cause civilizations downfall. Dony let the hate-filled zealots win. Parents: Lighten up, Grow up and teach your kids that sex isn't bad. They will be more stable and well adjusted if you do. Do your homework...READ THIS BOOK!
