So sexy so soon : the new sexualized childhood, and what parents can do to protect their kids /
Diane E. Levin and Jean Kilbourne.
- 1st trade pbk. ed.
- New York : Ballantine Books, c2008.
- x, 226 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-198) and index.
Introduction: Changing times, changing needs, changing responses -- Never too young to be sexy : living with children in today's sexualized world -- From Barbie to Bratz and beyond : sexy sells -- Sexual development derailed : the toll on children -- The toll on parents, families, and schools -- Helping children through the minefields : what parents, families and schools can do -- Working it out together : the power of connecting deeply with children -- The sexualized child enters adolescence : the floodgates open -- Helping teenagers through the minefields -- Creating a new cultural environment.
Children--Social conditions.--United States Sex--Social aspects--United States. Mass media and children--United States. Sex in mass media. Sex in popular culture--United States. Body image in children--United States. Body image in adolescence--United States. Parent and child--United States.