Linda Goldman is a licensed counsellor and has a Fellow in Thanatology: Death, Dying, and Bereavement with an MS degree in counselling and Master's Equivalency in early childhood education. Linda worked as a teacher and counsellor in the school system for 20 years. She has written many articles on counselling and taught and lectured at various universities, most recently in the Graduate Program of Counselling at Johns Hopkins University. Linda has a private grief therapy practice in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where she now lives. She is author of Children also Grieve: Talking about Death and Healing and Great Answers to Difficult Questions About Death, both published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Preface.; 1. Where do babies come from? How do they grow?; 2. How did I get in my mom's tummy? How did I get out? What does pregnant mean?; 3. How are girls' and boys' bodies alike and different? What are the names of the different body parts for boys and girls?; 4. What parts of my body are private? Why?; 5. What is sex?; 6. What does puberty mean? Is my body going to change?; 7. Am I falling in love? How can I tell if it's love or just friends?; 8. What is gender? Do girls and boys have to act and feel in a certain way?; 9. What does gay mean? What does straight mean?; 10. Are their different kinds of families? What makes a family? A Checklist for Children. A Note for Caring Adults Only. Useful Websites and Resources.