If you start talking early enough, kids will listen. FOR MANY PARENTS, the talk is one of the most dreaded rites of passage in the child-raising experience--but it doesn’t have to be. The key is to start early when talking about sex with your child. In Dr. Fred Kaeser’s progressive approach, parents become their child’s first resource for sexual information (instead of ceding control to peers, the school system, or the media) in order to have a lasting and positive influence over their child’s sexual development. As the former director of health in the New York City public schools, there’s nothing Dr. Kaeser hasn’t been asked by kids, or by parents. And he has seen firsthand the results of our increasingly sexualized youth culture, and how it’s making children grow up faster than ever these days. From sexting to cyberbullying, challenges and pressures abound--even for kids in kindergarten. This means that parents must begin laying the groundwork for basic conversations about sex when their child is as young as three years old. Parents then build their discussions on this early foundation, introducing more information at developmentally appropriate ages (for example, talking about puberty with your eight-year-old, and discussing safe sex with your ten-year-old). What Your Child Needs to Know About Sex (and When) goes far beyond the birds and the bees to discuss uncomfortable issues with a winning frankness and empowering attitude. It offers families the tools they need for navigating how and when to have positive dialogues about sexuality and helps parents learn to use everyday teachable moments. Open communication about sex with your children isn’t necessarily easy, but it can be done; this indispensable book will guide you every step of the way.

Imparting healthy attitudes and solid information about sex to children is one of the most challenging aspects of parenthood. For more than twenty-five years, Dr. Grace H. Ketterman has been helping parents give the best and most accurate information and guide their children in sexual responsibility. She gives parents the perfect words for explaining the physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of sex, in age-specific increments from babyhood through adolescence. This updated edition includes chapters on special issues that are a part of our social and cultural environment, such as sexually transmitted diseases and homosexuality. Going way beyond "the talk," Dr. Ketterman gives parents the tools they need to pass on a Christ-centered understanding of one of God's most wonderful gifts.

Based on the research and clinical experience of America's leading children's hospital, this reference work, several years in the making, is the most complete and authoritative guide to child health and development ever published. Three essential parts form this unique work: a detailed account of all aspects of normal development from birth through the school years, a carefully designed emergency section, and a comprehensive guide to every common illness or condition that affects children.For the first time, a single work offers parents all the medical, psychological, and practical information they need to raise healthy children from birth through elementary school. Packed full of information on symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, vital, up-to-date advice for choosing medical care and insurance, and finding good childcare, the Children's Hospital Guide includes the charts of normal development at all ages, and a comprehensive resource section.

The Good Housekeeping Book of Child Care offers the expert guidance you'll need on key child-rearing topics during the first twelve years, including: Parenting Advice, Commonsense fundamentals of raising a healthy, happy, and well-adjusted child. Health Care, Easy-to-follow advice on illnesses, prevention, and recommended first aid treatments. Child Development, Relevant and insightful tips on the major developments in every child's physical growth, skills, thinking, understanding, and behavior. Newly revised, The Good Housekeeping Book of Child Care now includes updated immunization charts, growth charts, and the latest information on coping with childhood illnesses. It will help you tackle every new challenge with confidence. Book jacket.

Caring for children with special needs was developed and produced by the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute and the New York State Office of Children and Family Services.