Sex and love, the hot topics for the 21st century teen have
been laid down by Jane Fonda, the author of Being a Teen: What every Boy and
Girl should know about Sex and LoveThe 76 year old
best-selling author looks younger than her age and attributes it to mediation
and exercise with weights and bands that keep her active.
"Baby are easy to love but tend to get 'prickier' as
they grow", she humorously pointed out on CNN's Sanjay Gupta MD. She
asserts that teens are in dire need of guidance on sex and love as they do not
have it all together as they make their parents, friends and the society
believe.
Adolescence is indeed a unique stage in child growth and if
not carefully transitions leaves one scarred and a little too lost. As teens
attempt to reconstruction their minds, deal with their hormonal changes, engage
in abstract thinking as opposed to their previous concrete child-like thinking,
de-individuate themselves, question values; parents tend to feel left out and
unwanted in all these changes and opt to let their teens be. Something Jane
disagrees with by imploring on them to offer a listening ear void of criticism
and judgment and also have the answers that their kids desperately seek in them
regarding sex and love.
The book is an effective guide on demystifying all that
teens have come to associate with sex and love and also a riveting read for
parents attempting to know the minds of their kids and help them as they move
and channel their path to adulthood.
On life, Jane Fonda simply puts it: "Live in the
moment, cry when moved!"
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