A review by lovepjonson
Beyond Birds and Bees: Bringing Home a New Message to Our Kids about Sex, Love, and Equality by Bonnie J. Rough

4.0

I'd like to give this ~3.5ish stars. It's definitely a very white (American and Dutch) perspective and I wish there was more acknowledgement of that and at least some nods to how cultures other than these two are handling this. As someone who doesn't plan to have kids of my own, I picked this up mostly as a way to try to unlearn what I learned/learn what I didn't learn from my own parents and family. I'd say some of it was pretty basic or things I've heard before, but it's probably a great starter book for people who haven't done more than some cursory self-education. The last chapter has a useful summary/how-to guide for how to talk to kids throughout their life stages.