Parent Resources

1. Becoming a Woman: Basic Information, Guidance & Attitudes on Sex for Girls, Valerie Vance Dillon, Twenty-third Publications, Mystic, CT, 1990.
   
   
2. Becoming a Man: Basic Information, Guidance, and Attitudes on Sex for Boys, William J. Bausch, Twenty-third Publications, Mystic, CT, 1988.
   
   
3. Saved Sex: Chastity—Because You’re Worth It!, Molly Kelly, Villa Maria, PA: Center for Learning, 2002.
   
   
4. Standing With Courage: Confronting Tough Decisions About Sex, Mary Louise Kurey, Our Sunday Visitor, 2002.

Books: For Parents

1. Kids are Worth It! Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline, Barbara Coloruso, Avon Books, 1994.
   
   
2. What Children Learn from their Parents Marriage: It May Be Your Marriage But It’s Your Child’s Blueprint For Intimacy, Judith Siegel, Ph.D, C.S.W., Quill, 2000.
   
   
3. Epidemic: How Teen Sex is Killing Our Kids, Meg Meeker, MD, Lifeline Press, 2002.
   
   
4. The Holy Longing, Ronald Rolheiser, Doubleday, 1999.
   
   
5. Real Boys, William Pollack, PhD, Henry Holt & Company, New York, 1998.
   
   
6. Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys, Daniel Kindlon & Michael Thompson, Ballantine Books, 2000.
   
   
7. With Listening Hearts: Understanding the Voices of Lesbian and Gay Catholics, Peter J. Liuzzi, O.CARM.
   
   
8. Growing Toward Intimacy: Helping Catholic Teens Integrate Sexuality and Spirituality, Bob Bartlett, St. Paul, MN: Good Ground Press, 1997.
   
   
9. Your Sexual Self: Pathways to Authentic Intimacy, Fran Ferder & John Heagle, Notre Dame: Ave Maria,1992.
   
   
10. Sex Education for Toddlers to Young Adults: A Guide for Parents, James Kenney, Cincinnati, OH: St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1989.
    
    
11. Growth In Faith: A Catholic Family Sourcebook, John Roberto, ed. New Rochelle, New York: Don Bosco Multi-Media, 1990.
    
    
12. Partners in Intimacy: Living Christian Marriage Today, Challon O'Hearn Roberts and William P. Roberts, Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1988.
    
    
13. Seven Principles for Teaching Christian Morality, Rev. Richard C. Sparks, St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1998.
    
    
14. Partners with God: A Celebration of Human Sexuality, David Thomas, Winfield, B.C. and Ottawa: Novalis, 1988.
    
    
15. With This Ring: Promises to Keep, Joanna Weaver, Waterbook Press, 1999.
    
    
16. Wisdom of the Body: Making Sense of Our Sexuality, James and Evelyn Whitehead, Crossroad Publishing Company, New York, 2001.

Church Documents

1. Human Sexuality: A Catholic Perspective for Education and Lifelong Learning, United States Catholic Conference, 1990.
   
   
2. Educational Guidance in Human Love: Outlines for Sex Education, Congregation for Catholic Education, Rome, 1983.
   
   
3. The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality: Guidelines for Education Within the Family, Pontifical Council for the Family, published in the United States, 1996.
   

Videos

1. "The Rules Have Changed: Teen Sexually Transmitted Disease"
   
   Appropriate for parents, teens, and educators, this video features accurate medical information about the epidemic of teen sexually transmitted disease. It features Dr. Meg Meeker, Dr. Paul Warren, and Dr. Marilyn Maxwell Billingsly as well as the questions and stories of real teens available through MASE.  (636-386-1789) or www.stdepidemic.com
   
   
2. Books and Videos to Support Child Protection