From Diapers to Dating: A Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children--From Infancy to Middle School

This is an excellent resource for parents, grandparents, anyone who has the pleasure of being around children and who want them to grow up to be sexually healthy human beings. I refer to this book often as I am raising my own little one.

Rev. Haffner is on the mark with this book, and I recommend it highly. Her commonsense approach encourages parents to be their children's primary sex educators and gives them the tools with which to do it.

As a parent of an 8 year old girl and 5 year boy, I find this book to be extremely helpful in giving advice on dealing with the often difficult questions about sexuality. This book provides advice on teaching children the proper names for all parts of their bodies (which I have always done anyway) to how to explain how babies are conceived to helping prepare for puberty, and I now feel much better prepared as a parent to discuss my children's developing sexuality with them.

In an engaging and entertaining fashion, the author addresses all the complex aspects of guiding your child's sexual education and development. With practical experience and professional expertise, she faces the tough situations of everyday parenting and provides useful advice for those anticipating how they will discuss sexuality with their children. Whether we like it or not, all children have questions about sexuality...This book prepares parents to answer those questions honestly AND in ways that will help children grow into healthy adults. This is a terrific resource and would make a perfect gift for parents of young children.

This is really a wonderful book - I wish my wife and I had had it when our children were younger. Haffner speaks as a parent of two children herself, with a professional background of a sexuality educator. Her advice is practical and specific and she has a warm and helpful "voice" in addressing parents - she admits her own mistakes and then tells you how she (or her husband) recovered from those mistakes.She is a strong advocate of honesty and frankness about sexuality. She is clear that sexuality is intimately tied with values and challenges parents to be clear about their own values and communicate them to their children. She gives her opinion on matters that stump many parents (such as how to discuss masturbation, for example) but says that if your family's values are different from those that Haffner expresses, tell your children what you believe (but don't try to scare your child with incorrect or scientifically incorrect information).This book should be in the baby basket for every new parent - Haffner makes it clear that sexuality education and discussions start from the very first. And she goes right through to those scary moments when your son or daughter is out on a date and you are wondering, "What's happening and what should I say or do?"It's an outstanding reference, well written and lively.