Puberty book!

[ailbhe]

Thank you, nonhae, for the puberty/sex ed book! It's exactly what Linnea needed and, er, a few of my friends have also asked for a copy, please. Is it available online anywhere?

I must say, I'm shocked by it - there's no way it would have been allowed when I was in the target age, and we'd have got in massive trouble for even having it in our bags at school. I think it's wonderful.

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[kalmn.livejournal.com]

what's the title/author?

[ailbhe]

http://www.crisispregnancy.ie/BusyBodies_eng.pdf - It's a committee publication.

[nonhae.livejournal.com]

It's brilliant, an Irish agency that actually does good! (I'm a huge fan of the crisis pregnancy agency, they've done absolutely sterling work)

Sorry it took so long to get there, found it in my school bag and had an oops moment. I got it from healthpromotion.ie but not sure if they'd send it to durty furrin places. If they won't, I'll get a few more sent to me and forward them on to you no bother.

I absolutely fell in love with it. Especially with the whole people come in different shapes and sizes and that's perfectly normal feel to it.

[piqueen.livejournal.com]

Is this it?
http://www.crisispregnancy.ie/BusyBodies_eng.pdf

[ailbhe]

Yes! When I was in primary school we didn't get any sex ed to speak of until well into secondary school, and then it wasn't this comprehensive, and totally sex-segregated, so boys knew nothing about periods or fertility. Grr.

[piqueen.livejournal.com]

It's much more detail then I remember getting even at 16! All very neutral though which is good. It must be easier to teach this stuff before it can possibly be something the child is thinking about doing sometime soon.

[ailbhe]

It's much more detail than we got at any point in the school system. And yes, the younger kids know this stuff the better, as far as I can tell.

Also, the little pictures address sexual attraction - het, gay and bi!

[piqueen.livejournal.com]

I hadn't spotted that. It's very subtle.