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Excellent resource for parents or anyone working with children and youth. Share the beauty of how God intended sex. This book will help you have strong Biblical conversations !
Mom, Dad...What's Sex? by Jessica Thompson and Joel Fitzpatrick is a wonderful book for parents that need explain sex to their kids. The authors do a great job examining the Scriptures and providing a comprehensive framework in which to understand sex and how God sees it. Focusing on who we were created to be, the authors provide wonderful talking points to help parents focus their discussions with their children. I highly recommend this book. I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher with no obligations. These opinions are entirely my own.
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This is a wonderful book to start the conversation with your children about sex. This isn’t about the science of it but the religion of it. The understanding of a romantic secual relationship with your spouse and how to understand how sex is explained in the bible.
Very well written.
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I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
This was a fabulous read! As a children's pastor and parent, I have read many books on the topic of sex - particularly when it comes to sharing information with children and teens. Of the many books i've read, few have compared to the quality of read that I found in this one by Joel & Jessica.
Their treatment of sex in relation to the Gospel was theologically sound, and powerful. It eliminates fear and confusion from conversations about sex. Their talking points at the end of each chapter for moms and for dads were incredibly helpful as well. I think this book would also make a great study for parents or for pastors to work through with parents of teens.
Highly recommend and can't wait to buy copies to have as resources for our church!
This is definitely a book to have on hand. It is full of real life examples and I appreciate the vulnerability of the authors being so open with their children that they feel safe to ask anything. This book is a book one wants to have well before the child is ready to talk for it is a lengthy read. They go through the Bible and are not “babyfying” anything. They touch on issues that are serious such as rape and infidelity—which I do appreciate that they line up to people in the Bible. They show the honest truth of how we are all sexually broken and that we have a sin and live in a world with a sin nature.
With the stark truths they also have positive teaching points that refer to how sex is positive and good. Which is a good balance to have especially when I know as a parent we can altogether focus on the bad.
This book does a thorough job on teaching on sex from a biblical standpoint. It is refreshing to have a book that is able to go through the Bible and pull out examples from scripture and talk about it. The topics are mature and grown up topics that are hard reality. I feel like oversimplification of sex can lead kids astray or even more curious. With this book I do get that they encourage lots of education not only for the kids to more aware but also gives the kids and parents the freedom to ask and talk about the more serious things in life.
As a parent who usually tries to dodge out of fear this topic in particular, I feel like this book equips me to be more confident for when my kid does being up this topic. I have learned it is a topic that needs to be discussed as organically as possible. I want my kid to feel safe to ask me anything....and not have to find answers about this elsewhere. This is a great book to utilize.