Hi,
My DS is 9 and we talk openly about a lot of things. He is aware of different types of families (he has gay grandparents, we are a 'blended' family ourselves). And I have always tried to be honest in reply to his questions (just making sure to make it age appropriate).
I am aware that is coming up to puberty and want to make sure he has a useful book or two, to support any chats we may have.
I remember I had a book at his age for girls (called 'Have you started yet?') and I've found a few on Amazon that look like they may be good - 'My Body, Myself, for boys' by Lynda Madaras. And 'Puberty Boy' by Geoff Price. Has anyone got any other recommendations?
I'm also interested in planning for a few years time when he's in secondary school. Again, I had a great book from my parents called 'Make it happy, Make it safe' which focused on just about everything - from periods and contraception, to sex, erections, abortion, sexuality, etc.
In fact, it was so popular that it did the rounds of my year at a girls' school - I've kept it as a memory of that time - it's so well thumbed and dog eared!
It had a lot of good stuff about having healthy, safe relationships.
Is there a modern version of that book??
Thanks in advance for your help.