Comments on: It’s Easy To Get Teens To Read. http://www.livedtotell.com/2007/07/21/its-easy-to-get-teens-to-read/ 35 year old mother of two trying to live with panic disorder and depression without losing her sense of humor. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:09:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tammy http://www.livedtotell.com/2007/07/21/its-easy-to-get-teens-to-read/#comment-4080 Tammy Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:07:18 +0000 http://www.livedtotell.com/2007/07/21/its-easy-to-get-teens-to-read/#comment-4080 I have an amazingly open relationship with my son. It makes me very happy that we can talk openly about sex, but I am not silly enough to think that he will feel free to ask me anything, or that I will provide him with every necessary piece of information. The approach that I took with your book was to show it to him, tell him he could read it if he wanted to, and then I just sat it down where he could easily pick it up. Sure enough it ended up in his room:) Your gabfest idea sounds like a great idea. Unfortunately I am something of a loner and I don't know if I could pull together enough people to make it worth your while. Is there any chance that you might be promoting your book here in Portland? I would love to come and see you. In Other Words might be a good bookstore to promote your book. http://www.inotherwords.org/NASApp/store/IndexJsp Or maybe Powell's? http://www.powells.com/ I have an amazingly open relationship with my son. It makes me very happy that we can talk openly about sex, but I am not silly enough to think that he will feel free to ask me anything, or that I will provide him with every necessary piece of information.
The approach that I took with your book was to show it to him, tell him he could read it if he wanted to, and then I just sat it down where he could easily pick it up. Sure enough it ended up in his room:)
Your gabfest idea sounds like a great idea. Unfortunately I am something of a loner and I don’t know if I could pull together enough people to make it worth your while.
Is there any chance that you might be promoting your book here in Portland? I would love to come and see you.
In Other Words might be a good bookstore to promote your book.
http://www.inotherwords.org/NASApp/store/IndexJsp
Or maybe Powell’s?
http://www.powells.com/

]]> By: Heather http://www.livedtotell.com/2007/07/21/its-easy-to-get-teens-to-read/#comment-4079 Heather Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:43:19 +0000 http://www.livedtotell.com/2007/07/21/its-easy-to-get-teens-to-read/#comment-4079 It always makes me particularly happy when boys like my work. Given my sensibilities, it should be obvious that that's not because I don't think girls need the information, but simply because it can be harder to draw boys into it and keep their interest when it's education and not sheerly sexual entertainment -- and boys need it just as much as girls. So, when I manage that, it really pleases me. (FYI, I've been considering making an offer to folks within distances I can get to to go ahead and do home-hosted sex ed gab sessions for teens and/or parents, so if you've interest in organizing anything like that in OR, let me know!) It always makes me particularly happy when boys like my work.

Given my sensibilities, it should be obvious that that’s not because I don’t think girls need the information, but simply because it can be harder to draw boys into it and keep their interest when it’s education and not sheerly sexual entertainment — and boys need it just as much as girls. So, when I manage that, it really pleases me.

(FYI, I’ve been considering making an offer to folks within distances I can get to to go ahead and do home-hosted sex ed gab sessions for teens and/or parents, so if you’ve interest in organizing anything like that in OR, let me know!)

]]> By: Tammy http://www.livedtotell.com/2007/07/21/its-easy-to-get-teens-to-read/#comment-4077 Tammy Sun, 22 Jul 2007 20:24:14 +0000 http://www.livedtotell.com/2007/07/21/its-easy-to-get-teens-to-read/#comment-4077 Hi Heather! I am glad that you saw it. I was going to email it to you with a thank you note today. My son loves your book. Thank you for all your hard work. Tammy Hi Heather!
I am glad that you saw it. I was going to email it to you with a thank you note today. My son loves your book.
Thank you for all your hard work.
Tammy

]]> By: Heather http://www.livedtotell.com/2007/07/21/its-easy-to-get-teens-to-read/#comment-4076 Heather Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:20:19 +0000 http://www.livedtotell.com/2007/07/21/its-easy-to-get-teens-to-read/#comment-4076 Tammy, that photo just made my morning! :) Tammy, that photo just made my morning!
:)

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