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Not My Kid

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Description for Not My Kid Paperback. A frank exploration of how parents view their teen's sexuality Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP2; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.

Teenagers have sex. While almost all parents understand that many teenagers are sexually active, there is a paradox in many parents’ thinking: they insist their own teen children are not sexual, but characterize their children’s peers as sexually-driven and hypersexual. Rather than accuse parents of being in denial, Sinikka Elliott teases out the complex dynamics behind this thinking, demonstrating that it is rooted in fears and anxieties about being a good parent, the risks of teen sexual activity, and teenagers’ future economic and social status. Parents—like most Americans—equate teen sexuality with heartache, disease, pregnancy, promiscuity, and deviance and want their ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814722596
SKU
V9780814722596
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Sinikka Elliott
Sinikka Elliott is Assistant Professor of Sociology at North Carolina State University.

Reviews for Not My Kid
Not My Kid successfully portrays the paradox in how parents think about teenage sexuality in general versus how they think about their teenagers' sexuality specifically...highly informative.
D' Lane R. Compton
American Journal of Sociology
Not My Kid is a necessary addition to the sex education literature...This book helps to answer the question of why contemporary young adults, ... Read more

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