Book Giveaway – Start Talking – Parenting Advice
October 18, 2009 by
Filed under Contests, New, Special Mom Deals
We’re giving away 3 copies of book Start Talking…a mother-daughter book to help making talking about the touchy subjects (like s-e-x) easier. With questions, tips and exercises, this book will make those talks much easier.
To have a chance to win the book, enter a comment below and tell us about your favorite place or way of bringing up touchy topics with your kid.
About the Book
A Q&A guide for mother-daughter conversations about female health and sexuality, this book targets both daughters and mothers. Start Talking contains more than 113 questions girls ask including questions about periods, sex, relationships, guys, eating, exercise, body development, along with similar questions verbalized by mothers. Each chapter contains basic information accompanied by real-life vignettes, questions and answers for moms, questions and answers for daughters, “”Table Talk”" suggestions for moms on how to engage each other around these topics. This book differs from books targeting just girls understanding their own bodies, and from books targeting just mothers on what they should know: it is deliberately meant to spark conversations.
You can’t wait to have “a talk”. I have an almost 12 year old stepdaughter. We don’t have the best relationship in the world, but she will ask me things she won’t ask her aunts because she said ” I know you won’t lie to me”. You can gauge how much information is enough. Keep things simple, use proper terminology, and be honest. There has to be ongoing dialogue, not a speech or lecture.
Hoping to win one of the three copies of the book Start Talking.
Thanks!
My daughter and I have a very difficult time talking. It seems that the few times that it has gone smoothly we are either on a girls day trip, or laying across my bed, late at night, while everyone else is asleep.
Alot of times we are in the car talking about things that happened at school. This serves as a great time to talk about life situations. All of their focus is on you and I think they feel comfortable because, since they are in the back,I’m not looking directly at them and they open up a little more.
Oh this book would be perfect!
I often feel that I dont know where to start!
If I try – she is not at all interested and says “Can we talk later” – ugh!
Thanks – I hope we win- I could use the help.
My daughter is only 6 right now, but we do most of our serious talking while she is getting ready for/tucked into bed. It’s pretty easy so far, but I know it’s going to get way more complicated! I’m not always sure exactly what to say, so this book would help!