Girls Body Book
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There's no reason to be ashamed about your body. Strong emphasis on confidence and being true to yourself. Warns against drugs, alcohol, and cigarettes. Depicts girls with a variety of skin shades, hair types, and body shapes cheerfully taking care of themselves and bringing concerns to caring adults. Parents need to know that The Care and Keeping of You: Author Valorie Lee Schaefer walks girls through the basics of puberty, including how girls' bodies change, how to choose a bra, and what menstruation is and how to manage it. It also discusses basic self-care from good sleep habits to exercise and nutrition, and discusses issues surrounding body image.
Illustrations depict breast development and how to use sanitary pads. The book does not cover sexual activity. Add your rating See all 2 kid reviews.
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It covers all the basics of self-care, such as keeping hair clean and tangle-free, using sunscreen, cleaning teeth with braces, coping with acne, pampering blisters, and treating a sprain. One chapter focuses on changes in the pubic area and getting your period: The final chapter offers advice on navigating emotional ups and downs and maintaining good relationships. This empowering self-care manual is perfectly targeted to young girls who are on the brink of growing up -- and trying to figure out how to embrace these major changes with competence and confidence.
Valorie Lee Schaeffer's positive language and Josee Masse's cheerful illustrations help strip away any self-consciousness children might have about discussing puberty or personal hygiene. She also urges girls to ask trusted adults for help and more information; parents may want to check in and make themselves available for questions. The Body Book for Older Girls. Families can talk about body image and confidence in The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Younger Girls.
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What messages in this book were most helpful to you? This book gives a lot of attention to girls' concerns about body image. Do you think there's an ideal body type? Do you compare yourself to other girls, or models, or actresses? Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are created by expert reviewers and aren't influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners. See how we rate. Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization, earns a small affiliate fee from Amazon or iTunes when you use our links to make a purchase.
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There aren't any reviews yet. Be the first to review this title. Teen, 16 years old Written by Berrycicle January 22, Useful I got this a few years ago when I started Puberty, and walks though lots of self care advice. Teen, 13 years old Written by leakbk February 24, Cara Natterson, a pediatrician who also wrote the update of the original book for older girls. As a mother of a year-old daughter and a year-old son herself, she recognized that the need for good information was just as strong for both sexes.
We have really not done that for our boys. Guy Stuff covers much of the same territory as its feminine predecessor: Like Care and Keeping it's more about navigating your own body than interacting with another's — sexual intercourse is not covered.
The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Younger Girls
But the sex organs are, and explanations about their development come with handy tips. In a chapter Natterson's daughter has dubbed "the erection section," boys learn what to do if they wake up with an erection "To hide it from whoever else is in your room, roll over SLOWLY or keep your back to others" or get one in class "Use your book bag or sweatshirt or whatever to cover your groin until the problem goes away".
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But the fact that kids can encounter these tricky topics for in book form — not in awkward sex talks with their parents or, Google forbid, on the Internet — makes the learning process easier. Equally important as the physical changes are the emotional ones.