What's Going on Down There?: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask

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	• What's Going on Down There?: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask Karen Gravelle, Nick Castro, ... Walker Books for Young Readers, 1998 - 160 pages average customer review:based on 44 reviews view larger image
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Great Information!

I mailed a copy of this book to my 10 year old step son, because he was asking his father questions about the process of becoming a man. I read the book thoroughly. I believe the book is excellent. There are a few points in the book that will make a parent uncomfortable, but it is information a young boy needs to know, and deals with situations he has likely seen on television or in movies. My step son's mother did not let him read the book because she felt he did not need to be exposed to the small section on homosexuality and masturbation. I ordered a copy for him to read at our house, and he told his father he was glad to have the opportunity to read the book. He stated that the book addressed questions he would never have asked his mother, and that the book also helped him determine where his friends had given him misleading or incorrect information about what to expect during puberty. Overall, this is an excellent book, and I hope that parents won't let their fears override an otherwise excellent method of providing a young man with the information he desparately needs to know.

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Great info for girls too!

I'm a middle school librarian, and started at my middle school in 2005. I was previously in an elementary school where nothing like this book would have safe to put on the shelves. I would have had tons of parents up in arms that it was there.

HOWEVER... I did think it was appropriate for the middle school level, in my case, 6th to 8th grade. In 5th grade in our school district, the kids go to this health center to get "The Talk". When they come back, they all have these little pamplets with information on them. The girls have one with just info about girl stuff on them, but the boys get info about boys bodies and girls bodies. I don't think this is right. Both sexes need to know about eachother, and not allowing the girls to have the same pamphlet is just wrong.

I knew that many kids out there don't get spoken to about sex by their parents or are totally embarrassed by the school lectures. This book has a lot of great information, and it's something that the girls should feel comfortable reading as well. One of the girls in my school just checked out the book today and was really excited to read it. The boy in her class, who saw her take it out, felt it was inappropriate for her to read it, although he didn't want to take it out himself. People are made to feel embarrassed about their bodies, and so they don't go to read things like this, and that's when mistakes happen, and sometimes those mistakes can be quite costly, either another life being brought into the world, or maybe a life being taken out due to disease.

There should be more titles like this one, dealing with this topic, for kids. I commend the people who wrote it and hope they intend to write more books.

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Excellent Choice for the Young Man in Your Life!

A very complete, and thorough guide to puberty for both parents and their sons. Understandable for the average 10 year old and well written so that its funny. Brings about questions of the various topics with ease. A definite resource tool for anyone with boys!

What's Going on Down There?: Answers to Questions Boys Find Hard to Ask

This was the best book I have found for the big Talk. I would recommend that the parent read it first, Then have the child read it in private, before discussing it together. It answered the really hard questions with witty cartoons and candor. It debunked many of the old myths and gave kids the answers they really need to make a decision that's right for them. I would highly recommend this book to any parent. It would be useful for the parent to read it early so they can prepare the child for the changes of puberity before they start occuring.

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Very Informative

This book has helped answer a lot of questions for my [...]. It is a welcome book for single moms who find it hard to answer many questions young men ask.

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