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A review by wjacksonata
Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein
3.0
It has been 35 years since I was my daughter's age, and I need all the help I can get to understand the modern context of teen/tween girls (they didn't even have tweens when I was that age). There is no shortage of material describing in exquisite and horrifying detail the toxicity for teens of social media, dangers of the internet more broadly, and the perils of smartphones. As a result, I feel like I am prepping myself (and her) for harrowing times ahead.
Orenstein's book is well-researched and quite thorough, but I wish it would have been less descriptive and with more concrete and explicit advice. The last chapter provides some useful material, but it is in the context of delivery to teens by specialist sex education experts. Is this the only way? This book - while providing extensive material on why I need to be worried - has only been somewhat helpful in terms of understanding what more I can do as a parent.
Orenstein's book is well-researched and quite thorough, but I wish it would have been less descriptive and with more concrete and explicit advice. The last chapter provides some useful material, but it is in the context of delivery to teens by specialist sex education experts. Is this the only way? This book - while providing extensive material on why I need to be worried - has only been somewhat helpful in terms of understanding what more I can do as a parent.