Product Description

The ultimate dating & relationship book for teens. This comprehensive source for teenagers covers dating, relationships, and sex, and covers them well while weaving such themes as self-esteem, trust, mutual respect, thoughtful decision making, and communication throughout each chapter. ItÕs an excellent tool for parents, teachers, clergy, and health professionals to reach teens and prevent the problems parents dread.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #171400 in Books
• Published on: 2003-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 300 pages

Review
"I can't believe an adult figured this out and put it in a book." -- Janet Krupin, age 15, Kennewick, WA

"Should be required reading for all romantically curious teenagers—which is 99% of all teenagers!" -- Dr. Mike Riera, Author,

"This book explained the exact problems I had from what I was feeling, to what my boyfriend was thinking." -- Alexandra, age 17, Florida

"This book is a key that will take you to the heart of what’s on a teenager’s mind." -- Jack Canfield, co-author Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul

It would be an excellent tool for parents, teachers, clergy, and health professionals to reach and support teens. -- ForeWord Magazine

This comprehensive guide weaves such themes as self-esteem, trust, mutual respect, thoughtful decision making, and communication throughout each chapter. -- ForeWord Magazine, June, 2003

From the Inside Flap
Got a Relationship? Make it work!

Want a Relationship? Here’s How!

Everyone is at a different stage in the relationship game. You might be shy and not know how to break the ice, or you don’t know how to flirt. Maybe your relationship is headed for a crash-&-burn and you need to know what to do next. You just got dumped and don’t think you’ll be able to breathe. Or, you want to break up, but don’t know how. Okay, so you’re interested in sex too, but this isn’t one of those birds-and-the-bees "sex talk" books. This is about the stuff you care about right now.

PLUS – You get fun How-To’s and Quizzes:

·Are You Ready to Date

·Top 10 Turn-ons (find out what really attracts people)

·10-Step guide to giving a Killer Kiss

·And More

Note to Parents: Don’t freak out! There’s even a chapter for you. See page 267.

16-year old Jason had problems with his girlfriend, so he turned to his mom for advice. He liked his mom’s suggestions so much that he asked her to write a book for him. As teenagers found out about the book, Deborah Hatchell had an avalanche of calls and visits from teenagers all over the country. Their real-life stories are right here in What Smart Teenagers Know…About Dating, Relationships and Sex®

About the Author
Deborah Hatchell wrote What Smart Teenagers Know...About Dating, Relationships and Sex® while attending college as a full-time re-entry student. She’s also the single mother of a teenager.

What Smart Teenagers Know…About Dating, Relationships and Sex® is the result of her 16-year old son asking for advice about dating and his relationship with his girlfriend.

She is the founder and director of The Teen Dating Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping parents talk to their teenagers about relationships and sex.

Deborah worked for several years as Executive Assistant to Jack Canfield, the nation’s leading self-esteem expert. She was also the Vice President of Operations for Chicken Soup for the Soul® Enterprises, Inc.

Deborah lives with her teenage son, Jason, in Santa Barbara, California.

Customer Reviews

Where are the gay teens?
It is very disappointing that there appears to no reference made to homosexuality in this book. A major flaw.

A good place to start
Both of my teenagers got a lot from this book. While it was a bit heavy on the relationship therapy and light on the nuts and bolts of safe sex, it did bring up discussion topics that we'd missed in earlier conversations. Particularly for my son, who is not as comfortable as his sister in talking about this "stuff" with his parent, it was a way to at least introduce some of these ideas and make him look beyond the status of being seen with the gal in the shortest skirt to try to see how his actions would affect the person wearing it. Definitely worthwhile.

GREAT, BUUUUT
I'm a mom writing this; not a teen. This is great book and it covers a lot of good topics. Be forewarned, it tells your teen exactly how to use condoms, exactly how to do everything the best way. It covers a lot of STD transmission which is outstanding but then it tells teens how much ___play to do be4 having sex. I think the book goes too far thus discounting its other highly good advice. I don't feel comfortable giving this entire book to my 15 year old. I'm not ready for my teen to have a through explaination of orgasms. So read it before you hand it over!