Pam Stenzel is a name you'd recognize if you were going to teach health. Since I'm the only one in the family planning to do that, I'll just tell you about this book that she wrote. I read it for a class, and I chose it from the list of book options because it was a quick read. Basically the book talks all about why people shouldn't have sex before marriage. Great morals. The parts I didn't like included the fact that there seemed to be a bajillion typos (maybe just my edition of the book), when she would throw in scriptures and not really tie them in to her train of thought, and the fact that she is basically only writing toward people who believe (and fear) in God. Hopefully, all in this family still agree with the LDS doctrine, and we all know how much it is ordained of God to wait until marriage to have sex. So, in the future if you think your children should be reminded/taught about chastity from a source other than the church (as a back-up plan maybe?), have them read this book. You can't take everything she says at face-value, but it's generally a pretty good and what I thought to be convincing argument about staying morally clean. FYI, she also has a movie out with pretty much the same message. I've heard the movie is a little bit more applicable to all because it's not as much about God. In fact, the movie is often shown in health classes at junior highs and high schools here in Utah.
Heidi, do you have any books that you can recommend for teaching about this topic to our soon to be 8 year old. We're looking for a book that has drawings (vs. pictures) of body parts and that's safe for an 8 year old to look at. As in not TMI for him. Any ideas?
ReplyDeleteHmmm.. That might be a bit tough for me to help out with since my textbooks and readings have all clearly been on the college level. I'll do some research, though, and get back to ya. Generally I'm taught how to teach older students since I'm doing secondary ed, but I can look around for some younger-appropriate material.
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