NEW YORK TIMES
BESTSELLER • AN ALL-ENCOMPASSING GUIDE THAT PARENTS WILL WANT FOR THEIR TEENS
This thorough, concise guide offers straight talk about:
• The male and female body as it changes and matures.
• Teen relationships: what it takes to create happy, supportive, positive, and meaningful connections with family, friends, and others.
• Identity empowerment: how to be authentic and thrive in today’s world.
• Sex and sexuality for boys and girls: how teens should take care of their bodies, embrace their experiences, and strengthen self-esteem.
• Strategies for working through the toughest challenges, including bullying, sexual abuse, eating disorders, pregnancy, and more.
Praise for
Being a Teen
“A frank and candid resource for adolescents.”
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People
“Fonda’s warmth and love for the teen community is evident.”
Publishers Weekly
“Clear, practical, and riveting,
cuts away at myth, enhances teens’ self-esteem, and arms them with a trove of useful information. Beautifully organized . . . Any parent, teacher, coach, or doctor needs to read this authoritative guide. What a lifesaver for our boys and girls!”
—William S. Pollack, PhD, author of the international bestseller
Real Boys
and Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
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should be in the hands of every teen in the world. It is a myth-busting, fact-filled treasure full of life information all teens want and need to know.”
—Christiane Northrup, M.D.,
New York Times
bestselling author of
Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom
“Clear, unflinching, and nonjudgmental . . . a reliable guide to the turbulent physical and social transitions of adolescence.”
—Michael Kimmel, Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies, Stony Brook University, and author of
Guyland
“A comprehensive, honest, fun-to-read book for today’s teenagers. This delightful book will be used again and again.”
—The Reverend Debra W. Haffner, president, Religious Institute, and author of
From Diapers to Dating
“Detailed, accurate and practical . . . an excellent resource.”
—Paul Kivel, author of
Boys Will Be Men