Sex Smart: 501 Reasons to Hold Off on Sex: A Sexuality Resource for Teenagers

by Susan Browning Pogany

Book Overview

Written by a medical science journalist and parent, this book provides straightforward answers to hundreds of questions teens have about sex and relationships.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1577490436
• ISBN13: 9781577490432
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Fairview Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

wish I had this as a teen

This book is EXCELLENT! I bought it for my 15 year old son. I wish I had this book as a teen.

True Love Waits

I give "True Love Waits" presentations around the country and SexSmart, by Susan Browning Pogany is the sole book I recommend to all teenagers and parents. It is the most accurate and readable abstinence resource I have ever encountered. IF I WERE MADE OF MONEY, THIS BOOK WOULD BE IN THE HANDS OF EVERY TEENAGER IN AMERICA!! Please get it for those you love.Thank you, Susan!

Sex Smart

The book I read was interseting. Sex Smart by Susan Browning Pogany wrote one of the most informing books for teens Ihave ever read. The book specifies about the relation of sex and how to exclude it until a mature age. You can read about teen pregnancy,sexually transmitted diseases,date rape,condom use,etc. I highly recommend this book for teens who are curious about sex.

Texas teen: I LOVED THIS BOOK!

I LOVED THIS BOOK! I am a 17 yr. old girl. Even though I am not a virgin anymore this book made me realize that I am taking some pretty big risks when having sex and therefore I have made my New Year's resolution to abstain until I am older and have a stable life. I made a mistake and I rushed into sex thinking I was missing out or it was gonna be something beautiful when in fact it wasn't. I really appreciated this book. I don't think I could have found anything to have made me change my mind about the way I was doing sleeping around, but this book inspired me to see that there is nothing wrong with abstaining and with having self-respect and waiting on sex. That's how I see it now. At first I was like it's all BS but then as I kept reading more, I saw that the book was right and I realized that the only reason I had sex was because I felt pressured. Now I know that it doesn't matter what they think or what a guy wants. It's about what hurts me and what doesn't. Hey, if all the other ones are doing it, then let them go for it but I will just stick to my education from now on.At first I was afraid of people at my school seeing me read this book so I would hide it. Then I decided I would show it to my friends so that they would think about the way they are living their lives and having sex at such a young age. It is funny, too, because I checked this book out at my school library and my friends thought I had probably gotten it somewhere else. When they saw the school stamp, they were surprised. I really appreciate that the author wrote this book. It has made a difference in my life.

Got teens/Struggling giving them sex advice? Read this book!

The author seems to have the ability to remember what it was like being a teenager and wondering how involved you should get sexually with your boyfriend/girlfriend. She does not lecture on the morals of sex, just the practical (physical and emotional) consequences - but in a matter-of-fact, nonconfrontational manner. The author addresses the different aspects of having sex (emotional ties, differences between how boys and girls think/feel about sex, STDs, pregnancy, child support (even if the boy is 15 yrs. old!), and many comments from teens who have and haven't had sex. This book should be given to all teenagers by their parents (and read first by their parents.) It will be valuable reading for everyone whether you have a strong, open communication line about sex with your teenager, or whether the subject never comes up at all. Give it to your teenager and make some bargain where he/she has to read it from cover to cover! It may be the best bargain you ever make.