Sex Education for Boys: A Parent's Guide: Practical Advice on Puberty, Sex, and Relationships

Biographical Note:
SCOTT TODNEM has been teaching Health Education at the middle school level since 2001. He was named the 2019 National Health Teacher of the Year. He is a nationally-recognized presenter who speaks about the benefits of great health education programs. Scott has also served as part of inclusive committees for cultural and gender diversity and uses his platforms for mental health awareness. Learn more at LifeIsTheFuture.com.

Review Quotes:
"This is an essential guide for parents and caring adults who want to raise boys that grow into adults who have the skills, knowledge, and self-awareness to positively navigate relationships, consent, and their sexual health. Though this book focuses on common experiences of raising cisgender boys, it does a wonderful job of taking an inclusive approach, giving caregivers the insights needed to navigate parenting a new generation of young people, not limited by the gender binary." --Melissa Pintor Carnagey, LBSW, founder of Sex Positive Families and author of Sex Positive Talks to Have With Kids

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"As an experienced sex educator for 30 years and a collector of hundreds of books about sexual health, I am always on the hunt for excellent resources, especially parenting books. This book is positive, factual, holistic, and includes helpful definitions while offering very practical advice, strategies, and tips. It's also encouraging and empowering, offering real-life examples and takeaways at the end of each chapter. It's a standout for parents who want to strengthen relationships and be wise, vulnerable, open, honest, accurate, inclusive, and respectful of the boys in their lives. I wish that I had this companion when my son was growing up!" --Rowena Thomas, sexual health educator and founder of Amazing Me

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"An incredibly inclusive and comprehensive, yet shockingly concise, resource for parents of male-identifying young people. This is a great resource to have at your fingertips to increase both your confidence and knowledge. Not sure how to talk with your son about sex? Have Scott Todnem, one of the foremost experts in the field (not to mention also a wonderful father), guide you through how to do it right. You should buy this book." --Julia Feldman, sex educator and creator of @GivingTheTalk

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"Scott's guide for parents not only answers most of the questions parents often have about how to consider and talk about bodies, relationships, and sexuality with their middle-age children, it answers them with great wisdom and care. Sex Education for Boys gives supportive, helpful, and clear help to parents. While cisgender boys and information about them is what's centered in this book, the information provided for parents is important and useful for those parenting youth of any gender, as well as for supportive adults who aren't parents but are still very involved with boys. This book is a great road map for raising boys who come to their bodies, to sexuality, and to relationships in compassionate, self-loving, beneficial ways." --Heather Corinna, founder of Scarleteen, author of S.E.X: The All-You-Need-to-Know Progressive Sexuality Guide to Get You Through Your Teens and Twenties and What Fresh Hell Is This? and co-author of Wait, What? A Comic Book Guide to Relationships, Bodies and Growing Up

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"So grateful to have this book to recommend to parents. We're all looking for more ways to bring good men into the world, and this book helps enormously." --Sarah Sproule, registered occupational therapist, sexuality educator, and creator of Sitting in a Car

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"A great book for parents, guardians, relatives, and mentors to read. All chapters are crucial for understanding physical, mental, and emotional changes. Great advice on how parents/guardians can learn to speak about sexuality and sex with their kids." --Erica Campos, certified sexual health and life skills educator, founder & CEO of My Cuerpo Mi Body

Publisher Marketing:

Discover sex-positive guidance for teaching your tween or teen son what he needs to know

As your son enters puberty, he's going to have a lot of questions that he'll need your help to answer. Filled with understanding and uplifting guidance, this book helps you recognize what your son is experiencing and have open conversations about everything from sexuality and gender identity to consent and safer sex.

This standout among puberty books for boys features:

• Sex-positive talks--Tackle vital questions with direct guidance that helps you encourage your son to form a healthy attitude toward sex and sexual health.
• Advice for key conversations--Learn how to open lines of communication with your son on subjects like dating, social media, pornography, and toxic masculinity.
• Frequently asked questions--Discover answers to some of the most common questions parents have when teaching their sons about sex and sexual health.

Make sure you're both ready for The Talk with Sex Education for Boys: A Parent's Guide.

Contributor Bio:Todnem, Scott

SCOTT TODNEM has been teaching Health Education at the middle school level since 2001. He was named the 2019 National Health Teacher of the Year. He is a nationally-recognized presenter who speaks about the benefits of great health education programs. Scott has also served as part of inclusive committees for cultural and gender diversity and uses his platforms for mental health awareness. Learn more at LifeIsTheFuture.com.