Beyond Birds and Bees: Bringing Home a New Message to Our Kids About Sex, Love, and Equality

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Bonnie J. Rough

Beyond Birds and Bees

Bringing Home a New Message to Our Kids About Sex, Love, and Equality

Bonnie J. Rough

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Seal Press
30 October 2018

Health & Self-Help; Advice on parenting

Bonnie Rough was a new mother grappling with many typical concerns of raising a daughter: how to inspire her to push past stereotypes, how to teach her to have a healthy attitude towards her body and her sexuality. Then her husband's job relocated the family to Amsterdam, where Rough quickly witnessed the free, uninhibited, and egalitarian sexual attitudes of the Dutch--where nudity isn't frowned upon and parents hope their children have favorable sexual experiences more than fearing their activity.

In Better Than Birds and Bees, Rough describes how to implement the easygoing, surprisingly low-risk European attitude, reflecting on her experiences with her daughters. With careful research and anecdotal discoveries, Rough outlines ways for American parents to navigate a culture with dismally little formal sexual education, showing how creating healthy sexual attitudes reverberates with every aspect of society, shaping not only childhood experiences but gender misconceptions and inequality through adulthood.

By: Bonnie J. Rough
Imprint: Seal Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 211mm, Width: 180mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 292g
ISBN: 9781580057394
ISBN 10: 158005739X
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 30 October 2018
Audience: General/trade , General/trade , ELT Advanced , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Bonnie J. Rough is the author of The Girls, Alone, and Carrier: Untangling the Danger in My DNA. An award-winning essayist and memoirist with an MFA in Nonfiction Writing from the University of Iowa, her essays have appeared in numerous publications. She lives with her husband and two daughters in Seattle, and makes frequent trips back to their former home in the Netherlands.

Reviews for Beyond Birds and Bees: Bringing Home a New Message to Our Kids About Sex, Love, and Equality

With care and clarity, Bonnie Rough breathes new life into our national non-conversation about sex. Taking her cues from other countries' sensible approaches, she guides us gently towards a saner and healthier future. --Michael Kimmel, author of Guyland, among other books What a gift! Bonnie J. Rough offers a much-needed breath of fresh air in her wonderful new approach to discussing sex, love, and equality with our kids. Her smart, vigorously well-researched, and funny book is a great guide for families to read and discuss as their kids grow up. --Caroline Grant, Co-director, Sustainable Arts Foundation