Product Description
Becoming a teen is an important milestone in every boy’s life. It’s even more important to get answers and advice to the most common health issues boys face from a trusted source. The American Medical Association Boy’s Guide to Becoming a Teen is filled with invaluable advice to get you ready for the changes you will experience during puberty. Learn about these important topics and more: Puberty and what kinds of physical and emotional changes you can expect—from your developing body to your feelings about girls The importance of eating the right foods and taking care of your body Pimples, acne, and how to properly care for your skin Your reproductive system—inside and out Thinking about relationships and dealing with new feelings

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 27 reviews)

Very good resource by online shopping fan (St. Louis, MO)

4 Stars
October 18, 2009
Well presented material in a manner that will hold interest of the intended age group. Not just about birds/bees, but peer pressure and other emotions encountered as a boy enters puberty.

Good by J. Christensen (Seattle)

5 Stars
October 04, 2009
Good book for the younger boy just beginning puberty. Just enough info, nothing too hardcore.

Great book by Snappy Stuff (MA United States)

5 Stars
September 12, 2009
I purchased this book for my 11 year old son. He had health education in school at the end of 4th grade, and my husband and I have spoken to him about puberty and the changes that come with it, but I still wanted him to have a reference book to look at on his own. This is a great book. I read it cover to cover first to see how topics were presented, and I was pleased with how they dealt with things. Simple, straightforward, but not overly detailed. As a Christian, I worried that it would not reflect our values, and while it is not as conservative as I'd like (I am stressing abstinence) it isn't too liberal either. I am very pleased with this book.

Good but not great by Allen Smalling (Chicago, IL United States)

3 Stars
September 08, 2009
THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION BOY'S GUIDE TO BECOMING A TEEN is a good but not great book. Aimed at boys roughly 10 to 14 years old, it is a useful way for a tween to start learning what is about to happen to his body and offers reassuring explanation and guidance for what, for many boys, is the mystifying business of puberty. Chapters are organized into a rough chronological order based on the process of puberty, from a definition of puberty to how-to-avoid STD information. Simple line drawings illustrate each topic but rarely add to it, except for a few necessaries like anatomical diagrams. A couple of aspects of this book keep it from being a universal recommendation, in my opinion. Sometimes it oversimplifies, as when it defines two types of shaving razors as "disposable" and "electric," and then goes on to categorize disposables into two classes, the pure throwaway type and "the more expensive and sturdier type [that] has a razor head that you change but keep the handle." To my knowledge, even going back to the "blue blade" era, no one has referred to a manual razor with a permanent base or holder as "disposable." What razor does not depend on disposable blades -- they're necessary even on most floating-head electrics. I caught at least one sin of omission: one of the stages of puberty involving pubic hair mentions that hair extends over the public bone, yet "pubic bone" is never described, defined or illustrated. I should also emphasize that this book will not take a young man most or all of the way into adolescence -- it snaps off at about age 14 - 15. Some would say that is when a book of this sort is most needed! Because it is a little longer and more efficient, thus more comprehensive, my preference for this type of book is THE GUY BOOK: AN OWNER'S MANUAL by Mavis Jukes.

Great starter book for curious 10 year old by Oakland Mom (Oakland, CA)

5 Stars
June 08, 2009
My 10 year old has been brimming with questions for about 6 months now. Some from him, some from the school yard. His dad and I figured there were probably even more questions he wasn't asking us. So we got him this book as reference material that he could use on his own. When we gave it to him on a Sunday afternoon, his face lit up. "Thanks!" And he disappeared into it for the next several hours. We couldn't have hoped for a better response. He still asks questions, which is great. But it's also great that he has his own source of accurate information.

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