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So Sexy So Soon: The New Sexualized Childhood, And What Parents Can Do To Protect Their Kids (2008)

by Diane E. Levin(Favorite Author)

3.57 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0345505069 (ISBN13: 9780345505064)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Ballantine Books

review 1: Last night we had our book group on this book and we collectively agreed that it should have been half the length. The authors are too repetitive and use the same few examples over and over, which makes them lose some credibility. Even though it's only 6 year old, many of the examples are dated. There is also a lack of studies and research cited in the book. Another point brought up at our book group, is that women played with Barbies 45 years ago and also dressed them up and did fashion shows. That is not a new phenomenon. I agree with the authors and am disturbed by the age compression in clothing, music, etc. I also have a strong dislike for Bratz dolls and the like. I do agree that parents need to be having open conversations with their kids and teenagers so that ... morethe kids know they are safe to talk to them about anything. From a moral standpoint, I agree with the authors that media has been detrimental and demoralizing to impressionable young kids and that children need to be taught self-value and respect. I also agree that sex should be taught that it is between people who love, care, and respect each other. I wanted to love it, but I just got frustrated with many parts and felt that it fell a little flat. I did appreciate a few of the suggestions and would love to see media literacy taught in the public school curriculum.
review 2: it's almost scary to read this book at 26 when you're about to give birth to a little girl. The examples of the permeation of the media in young girls' lives are all too familiar in your recent past. And it makes you realize that it has only gotten worse, much worse. I like that this book doesn't expect you to raise your children in a bubble/vacuum, and they provide you with healthy ways to talk about sexuality with your children. I had a lot of issues with sex in my teens/early twenties and I feel like if my mom had read this book, things would have gone much differently. As it was, my parents were those parents who completely avoided "The Talk" and expected schools and the media to teach me what I needed to know about a very scary subject (that neither of them had any guidance or a healthy attitude about anyone). I truly appreciate the work I do now in Sexual Assault that made me aware of these issues and guided me to such a book. I think I have some of the tools and patience necessary to raise a girl in the 21st century, and I'm not talking about Zenon from the Disney Channel. less

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