Description Foreword by the Supervising Editor: Parents Need to Study, Now More Than Ever Opening Note: A Clue That Leads to Change PART 1. Understanding Your Child's Sexuality Properly 01 My Child Is Also a Sexual Being A Party Not Celebrated | Distorted Views on Gender | What True Gender Identity Means 02 Confident Sexuality vs. Shameful Sexuality Is Sex the Same as Sexuality? | Physical Changes That Come Too Soon | Puberty and Sexuality | My Child's Desires Deserve Confidence 03 Truly Understanding My Child What Only Parents Didn't Know About Their Child's Sexuality | Parents: The One and Only Mentor | Finding a Healthy Sense of Sexuality PART 2. Sex Education That Remains as Closed as Sexuality Itself 04 Sex Education and Pornography Adult Videos: A Dangerous Temptation | Sexual Instinct and Aggressive Instinct | Parents Who Know Too Little 05 Is Ignorance Bliss When It Comes to Sex Education? Surface-Level Sex Education | The Need for Concrete, Realistic Education 06 Toward a Healthy Sense of Sexuality Misunderstandings About Sex Education | As Early and As Specific as Possible | Sex Education Together PART 3. Healing Sexuality 07 The First Step Toward Healing Sexual Awareness Sexuality That Deserves Respect, Sexuality We Must Respect | Strengthening the Right to Sexual Decision-Making | Creating an Environment for Independent Judgment 08 In Search of True Sexuality Let's Talk About Sex Talk | Sex Talk Practice Step 1 | Sex Talk Practice Step 2 | For a Freer Generation PART 4. Children's World of Media 01 Encountering Media From Birth A World Where Analog No Longer Works | The Ruler of Children | Between Reality and Virtuality | Blog-Type vs. Game-Type 02 Children Born With Their Index Finger Already Raised Children Who Move Their Fingers Even in Their Sleep | A Dangerous Weapon in Hand | A Smart World? No, a Smartphone World! PART 5. The Attack of Media 03 Serious Addiction & Troubled Daily Life The Faster the Fingers, the Slower the Brain | The Inescapable Temptation of Games | Is My Child Addicted? 04 Children Are Suffering Too What Children Are Losing | Bullying and the Internet | Rewards Too Sweet to Resist 05 Children's Desperate Cry When the Power Goes Off, Children Explode | The Real Problem Is Loneliness PART 6. Healing! Media Camp 06 Find Your Defensive Item Think About How, Not No | Mom, the Game Champion | The Need for Diverse Interests 07 Parents Who Step Into the Computer Step Into the Computer | Game Basics 1, 2, 3! | Step Out of the Computer Epilogue: For the World of Our Children Check List ¤ What Attitude Do I Have Toward Gender Roles? ¤ How Much Do I Know About Sexuality? ¤ A Sexuality Knowledge Checklist for Parents ¤ Checking My Child's Right to Sexual Self-Determination ¤ Checking My Child's Right to Sexual Self-Determination – Younger Age Version ¤ Smartphone Addiction Self-Diagnosis ¤ Checking for Game Addiction ¤ Checking for Internet Addiction Bonus Page ¤ Healthy Conversations About Sexuality – Toddler Version ¤ Three Ways to Nurture a Healthy Sense of Sexuality ¤ Thinking Ahead About Dating ¤ Ways to Enrich Sex Talk ¤ Six Tips for Sex Talk ¤ Three Questions to Help Your Child Make Decisions ¤ When Sexual Relations Should Not Happen ¤ Three Ways to Distinguish Addiction from Immersion ¤ Does Using the Internet Make You Smarter? ¤ Misunderstandings About Internet Use ¤ Common Mistakes First-Time Media Moms Make Inside the Book "Oh! I hear kids these days become aware of sex so early these days... And with the internet, they could come across explicit content anytime. What should I do?" Worry washes over parents like a flood. But because this is a topic parents themselves never discussed growing up, it feels awkward, and they lack the confidence to bring it up. Yet one thing is clear: children want to talk with their parents. Or, even if they don't want to, it's clear they at least need to. So what can be done? Parents have no choice but to study and understand, so they can talk with their children. This has become yet another parenting task for today's parents. _ From p. 5, "Foreword by the Supervising Editor" These days, physical changes related to sexuality happen so quickly that they add to the confusion surrounding sexuality. According to the 2010 "Status of Patients Treated for Precocious Puberty" report released by the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service, about 6,000 children were treated for precocious puberty in 2006. Just three years later, in 2009, that number surpassed 20,000, and by 2010 it had reached approximately 28,000...