Talking with Teens about Sexuality {Review}

In today's culture of sexuality and preference, many teens are struggling to get a grasp on who they are and how best to approach the world.  And to be perfectly honest, today's parents are struggling to keep up as well.  It's a very different world than it was even 10 years ago.  And to further complicate the issue, parents and teens often cringe at even the thought of discussing sex.  But it's time we take a deep breath and get comfortable.

Authors Beth Robinson, EdD and Latayne C Scott, PhD approach this difficult subject in a straight forward manner that left me cringing at times.  Right off the bat, I wanted to close my ears to many of the topics they were discussing.  Today's teens are being confronted with issues that I didn't have to deal with until I was in my 30's.  But they're crying out for guidance.  In a sex saturated culture, they're looking to us for help and it's time we get comfortable with the uncomfortable.

The common argument is to not bring up many of these topics for fear of our teens being exposed too early or encouraging sexual promiscuity.  But the truth is that much of this is already permeating our culture, whether we're aware of it or not.  Talking with Teens about Sexuality provides a solid Biblical base from which to have these conversations and challenges both the parent and teen to deeply understand the issues.  

This book approaches many intimate topics from sexual identity to social media, pornography to unplanned pregnancy.  I found it to be filled with wisdom and encouragement.  But most of all, I found it challenging... Talking with Teens about Sexuality challenged my own ideas on many of these issues and rekindled my fire as a parent to prayerfully guide my children in health and knowledge.  This is one of the best books I've read on this topic and I'd highly recommend it to parents of today's teens.

*Disclaimer: I receive a free copy of this book from the publisher.  All opinions are my own.