THE THINKING PARENTS' GUIDE TOTALKING SENSE ABOUT SEX Perseus, $26
Although the Religious Right argues that sex education promotes promiscuity ("If you tell kids about it, they will do it!"), studies show that kids who are well-informed begin having sex later, have fewer sexual partners, and are more likely to practice safe sex than kids who are kept in the dark. Yet most school programs do little more than counsel abstinence. Parents who want their children to be sexually savvy should turn to Sex and Sensibility. Author Deborah Roffman, M.S., a certified sex educator and an editor of the Journal of Sex Education and Therapy, talks to parents in a kind but frank tone that is bound to help them help their kids.
