So You Want To Be A Teenager? What Every Preteen Must Know About Friends, Love, Sex, Dating, And Other Life Issues

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Summary: A book for teens who want more out of life......
Review: I am impressed by the authors message to young people. They are challenging kids to take a higher road as they travel through the teen years. In a culture where the message they often get from teachers, parents and authorities in their life amounts to 'anything goes' as long as you are 'protecting yourself', this book is a breath of fresh air. This is not a 'holier than thou' approach applicable only to a "limited audience" as the librarian suggested in her review of the book, but a sincere challenge to live the kind of life that will bring you ultimate happiness--a life where you have protected yourself from the traps of drugs, alcohol, promiscuity, and immaturity. Whether or not you are a Christian, you can gleen great insight from this book. Setting standards and boundaries will not keep you from experiencing life's happiness--on the contrary, they will protect us from harm, and to allow us to experience the joy in life that comes from avoiding the traps that cause us pain. With the teen years come new freedoms. With freedom comes the possiblity of choices that will lead to short term or long term unhappiness or pain. This books helps teens navigate through what choices they may face and prepares them to make wise choices. I highly recommend this book, whatever your religion, if you want to be able to experience life as it should be and not as it will turn out with no standards or boundaries for protection as you navigate through these teen years.

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Summary: CHAPTER 6 / VERY INAPPROPRIATE FOR CHILDREN UNDER 18
Review: I recently purchased this book for my 12 year old son at a Marriage Seminar in which Dennis Rainey was present. It came highly recommended by 2 different sales people along with a third person standing nearby. Since I've read several of his books myself, I felt comfortable buying it for my son. I skimmed through it and read the first chapter prior to giving it to my son to read. I instructed him to read the first chapter as I did not have a chance to read the whole book. Needless to say he skipped the first chapter and went to the 6th. This was the chapter on SEX. (I briefly skimmed through this chapter but nothing stood out to me to be inappropriate.) After my son read the entire chapter he came to me and said, "Mom, are you sure you want me to read this book?" After arguing with him a little, I realized that I better take a look at what he was concerned about. I was SHOCKED and very upset at the EXPLICIT DETAIL that went into the steps of Husbands and Wives having sex. It goes something like this: The Husband and wife go to their bedroom, shut the door, take off their clothes, lay down together, cuddle and kiss. Then the vagina starts to get moist while the penis gets hard and has an erection. The wife then spreads her legs apart and the Husband inserts his penis into her vagina. It then procedes to discuss in DETAIL the stage in which they reach the climax. At this point my son had already shared the chapter with my 10 yr.old daughter prior to showing it to me. I feel responsible for this to some extent, as I didn't read the entire book prior to letting him read this. However, I strongly feel violated and misled into thinking that I could trust this book with my 12 year old. Chapter 6 in this book is NOT approriate for ANY 12 year old. I'm not really sure if creating a VISUAL in that kind of detail is appropriate for any child under 18. It's one thing to educate (ex: penis and vagina re: body parts) but, another to S-P-E-L-L it out for them at this tender age. The cover of the book says it's for preteens with no indications of exact ages. This website says it's for 9-12 year olds. I'm having a hard time understanding how the author could think that a 9 year old has the maturity level to handle a chapter like that. I can't change the fact that my 10 yr. old daughter and 12 yr. old son have already read this, but, I can CAUTION you!!!!!!!!!!!!! PS: As a grown woman reading this chapter........ even MY face was turning RED!!

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Summary: Great Book
Review: This book is an excellent tool to have in your library. It gives great insight and tools for lots of different teenage situations you will inevitably find yourself in. It was almost like reading a book about my teenage years :) I am finding it helpful. I only wish I lived right next door to Dennis and Barbara Rainey.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: While I do believe in Christ and consider myself a Christian, this is not the type of Christian religion that I choose to believe in.
The content I was looking forward to sharing with my daughter, and the content that I expected from the description of the book, was in this book. However, this book fell short of my expectations where the authors used their interpretations of the bible and scriptures as if everyone has chosen to worship as they do. There is nothing wrong with this, however there should be some mention of this in the online description. Although this book is categorized with Christian reading selections, this is not apparent from reading the online description. If you are looking for a simple, non-religious book to help you get through the teen years, this is not it.
I believe that the authors intentions were only good, however I also feel deceived. It is my hope that those who have purchased this book, for the same reason that I did, have taken the time to review it before giving it to their child(ren).