The What's Happening to My Body? Book for Boys

by Madaras, Lynda; Madaras, Area; Sullivan, Simon; Aher, Jackie; Saavedra, Dane

• ISBN13: 9781557044471
• ISBN10: 1557044473
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Newmarket Pr

Summary

Discusses the changes that take place in a boy's body during puberty, including information on the body's changing size and shape, the growth spurt, reproductive organs, pubic hair, beards, pimples, voice changes, wet dreams, and puberty in girls.

Author Biography

Lynda Madaras is taught puberty education to boys and girls for more than 20 years in California schools and continues to lecture frequently Area Madaras was 11 when she assisted her mother with the first What's Happening to My Body? book, published in 1983. She is a vice president of a prominent Internet company.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xi
Foreword	xiii
Introduction for Parents: Why I Wrote This Book	xv
Addendum to the Third Edition	xxx
Puberty	1	(26)
Sex	4	(3)
The Male Sex Organs	7	(4)
Circumcision	9	(2)
The Female Sex Organs	11	(2)
Sexual Intercourse	13	(2)
Making Babies	15	(6)
Sperm and Ejaculation	16	(3)
Ovum and Ovulation	19	(1)
Fertilization, Pregnancy, and Birth	19	(2)
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know ...	21	(5)
Twins, Siamese Twins, Triplets ...	22	(4)
Reading This Book	26	(1)
Beginning Changes and the Stages of Puberty	27	(20)
Starting Early, Starting Late	28	(1)
Developing Quickly, Developing Slowly	29	(1)
First Changes	30	(5)
Measuring Testicle Size	30	(1)
Pubic Hair	31	(2)
Hanging Low, Keeping Cool	33	(2)
The Stages of Puberty	35	(7)
Five Stages of Genital Growth and Development	36	(1)
Childhood	36	(1)
Testicles and Scrotum Enlarge	36	(2)
The Penis Grows Longer	38	(1)
The Penis Grows Wider	38	(1)
Adult Stage	39	(1)
Five Stages of Pubic Hair Growth	39	(2)
Childhood	41	(1)
First Pubic Hairs Appear	41	(1)
Growth Continues	41	(1)
Almost Adult	41	(1)
Adult	41	(1)
Feelings About Puberty	42	(2)
Am I Normal?	44	(3)
An Owner's Guide to the Sex Organs: What's Normal? What's Not?	47	(26)
Penis Size	48	(6)
The Long and Short of It	48	(1)
About Average	49	(1)
Myths About Penis Size	50	(1)
Measuring Up	51	(2)
Make your penis longer and thicker ...	53	(1)
The Penis: Circumcised and Uncircumcised	54	(12)
Circumcision---Why?	56	(1)
The Uncircumcised Penis	57	(1)
Stages of Foreskin Retraction in Uncircumcised Males	58	(3)
Hanging Onto Your Foreskin	61	(1)
The Anatomy of the Foreskin	62	(2)
The Circumcised Penis	64	(2)
Other Variations in the Penis	66	(3)
Care of Your Sex Organs	68	(1)
The Scrotum	69	(4)
The Raphe	69	(1)
``Empty'' Scrotum: Absent, Undescended, and Retractile Testicles	69	(4)
The Puberty Growth Spurt	73	(24)
The Height Spurt	74	(6)
How Tall Will I Be?	75	(1)
Tall Tales and Short Stories	76	(3)
Pills That Make You Taller???	79	(1)
Feet First	80	(1)
The Weight Spurt	80	(2)
Growing Pains and Scoliosis	81	(1)
Your Changing Shape	82	(2)
The Strength Spurt	84	(4)
Basic Body Types	85	(2)
Steroids	87	(1)
Weight Training	87	(1)
Taking Care of Your Body	88	(6)
Eating Right and Exercising	88	(3)
What Counts As One Serving?	91	(1)
Exercise	92	(1)
Tobacco, Alcohol, and Other Drugs	93	(1)
Feeling Good About Your Body	94	(3)
Pimples, Perspiration, Body Hair, Shaving, and Other Changes	97	(24)
Underarm and Body Hair	98	(1)
A Hairy Question	98	(1)
Facial Hair	99	(6)
Shaving	100	(2)
Does It Really Grow Back Thicker and Darker?	102	(1)
Razors and Shavers: A Buyer's Guide	102	(1)
Shaving Tips: Blade Razors	103	(1)
Shaving Tips: Electric Shavers	104	(1)
Perspiration and Body Odor	105	(3)
Dealing with Perspiration and Body Odor	106	(1)
Deodorants and Antiperspirants	107	(1)
Pimples and Acne	108	(7)
What Causes Acne?	108	(3)
Treatment	111	(1)
Over-the-Counter Treatments	111	(1)
Acne and Food	112	(1)
Special Skin Concerns for African-Americans	113	(1)
Medical Treatment	114	(1)
Voice Changes	115	(2)
Breast Changes	117	(4)
The Upside of Puberty	118	(3)
Changes In the Male Reproductive Organs: Erections, Sperm, and Ejaculations	121	(26)
Erections	122	(5)
Don't Take Our Word for It!	122	(1)
The Inside Story	123	(1)
Is Mine Normal?	124	(3)
Getting Soft Again	127	(1)
The Male Reproductive Organs	127	(8)
Sperm Factories: The Testicles	129	(1)
There's Another Name for It	130	(1)
Sperm Storage and Transportation: The Sperm Ducts	131	(1)
Testosterone	131	(2)
Sperm Plus Prostate and Seminal Fluids Equals Semen	133	(1)
Tubes, Tubes, and More Tubes	133	(1)
Gatorade for Sperm	134	(1)
Ejaculation	135	(5)
Emission	135	(2)
Expulsion	137	(1)
Pre-Ejaculatory Fluid	138	(1)
The First Ejaculation	138	(2)
The Male Reproductive Organs: Health Issues	140	(7)
Cancer of the Testicles and TSE	140	(3)
Pain in the Testicles	143	(1)
Jockstraps and Other Athletic Supporters	144	(3)
Spontaneous Erections, Orgasms, Masturbation, and Wet Dreams	147	(18)
Spontaneous Erections	148	(2)
Coping with Erections	149	(1)
Orgasm	150	(3)
The Male Sexual Response	151	(2)
Masturbation	153	(8)
You Don't See Any Blind, Crazy Morons Around Here, Do Ya?	154	(3)
Sexual Fantasies	157	(1)
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)	158	(3)
Wet Dreams	161	(4)
Girls and Puberty	165	(22)
Similarities and Differences	165	(2)
The First Changes	167	(1)
Breasts	167	(2)
Feelings About Developing Breasts	168	(1)
Bras	168	(1)
The Stages of Puberty	169	(4)
The Growth Spurt	173	(1)
Changing Shape	173	(1)
Body Hair, Perspiration, Pimples, and Other Changes	173	(1)
The Sex Organs	174	(4)
Masturbation	174	(1)
The Hymen	175	(1)
The Vagina, Uterus, Ovaries, and Uterine Tubes	176	(1)
Ovulation	177	(1)
Menstruation	178	(9)
The Menstrual Cycle	181	(2)
Hormones	183	(1)
Menstrual Cramps	184	(1)
Other Menstrual Changes and PMS	184	(3)
Romantic and Sexual Feelings	187	(36)
``Just Friends''	188	(2)
Crushes	190	(2)
Homosexual Feelings	192	(3)
Dating	195	(4)
Falling in Love	199	(1)
Making Decisions About How to Handle Your Romantic and Sexual Feelings	200	(6)
Birth Control	204	(2)
Sexuality: Feeling Private/Feeling Guilty	206	(6)
AIDS and Other STDs	207	(1)
Feeling Private	208	(1)
Feeling Guilty	208	(4)
Sexual Crimes	212	(4)
Rape	212	(1)
Child Sexual Abuse	213	(3)
A Few Final Words	216	(7)
Resource Section	223	(10)
A Note About the Internet	223	(1)
Birth Control, AIDS, and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)	224	(1)
Circumcision	225	(1)
Counseling and Therapy	226	(1)
Eating Disorders: Anorexia, Bulimia, and Overeating	227	(1)
Gay and Lesbian Youth	228	(1)
Resources for Parents and Teachers	229	(2)
Sexual Harassment and Abuse	231	(2)
Index	233