Includes index.

How did this happen? : the natural history of your child's sexuality -- What can you do about it? : guiding your child's sexual future and the trouble with talking about sex -- All in the family : nudity, modesty, love, and sex at home in your child's earliest years -- "Don't touch that-it'll fall off" : managing your young child's sexual behavior -- Think about it : considering your child's sexual orientation -- Going over the bump : weathering the physical changes of puberty -- Then comes love : flirting, dating and other heartbreaks of adolescence -- Ready or not : abstinence, virginity, and waiting -- "But if you do..." : the art and science of encouraging contraception -- And so it begins : parenting your sexually active child, from the first time on -- Bugs in the system : AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases -- With child : handling intended and unintended pregnancies.