From bra shopping to babysitting, from making close friends to making great grades, Girltalk has all the answers Upbeat and up-to-date, honest and hip, Girltalk is an "indispensable guide" ( Working Mother ) for girls ages eleven to eighteen. This Fourth Edition is the ultimate preteen and teen source for advice on: Body: looking and feeling your best - Friendship: you don't like everybody -- why should everybody like you? - Love: falling in, falling out - Sex: what you should know before saying yes - Family: making the best of your nest - Education: getting through school, getting into college - Money: making it, saving it, spending it - Smoking, Drinking, and Drugs: advice without lectures - Quizzes: getting to know yourself “A best-selling guide to facing nearly every adolescent problem, from acne to AIDS.” - Ladies' Home Journal Parent's Digest (Best of the Best) “It’s kicky. It’s fresh. It’s fun. It’s also serious. It’s GIRLTALK. No soap boxes, no sermons, no nonsense…. GIRLTALK is a winner and should be owned by every young woman.” - Columbus Dispatch From bra shopping to babysitting, from making close friends to making great grades, Girltalk has all the answers Upbeat and up-to-date, honest and hip, Girltalk is an "indispensable guide" ( Working Mother ) for girls ages eleven to eighteen. This Fourth Edition is the ultimate preteen and teen source for advice on: Body: looking and feeling your best - Friendship: you don't like everybody -- why should everybody like you? - Love: falling in, falling out - Sex: what you should know before saying yes - Family: making the best of your nest - Education: getting through school, getting into college - Money: making it, saving it, spending it - Smoking, Drinking, and Drugs: advice without lectures - Quizzes: getting to know yourself Carol Weston is a writer and speaker. She is the author of For Girls Only, Private and Personal, and Girltalk (Fourth Edition) as well as four Melanie Martin novels for younger readers. She's also the "Dear Carol" advice columnist of Girls' Life . Parenting says "Carol Weston gets girls" and Newsweek calls her a "Teen Dear Abby." Of For Girls Only , USA Today wrote, "There are so many dumb advice books that it's a pleasure to find one that really works." Carol has been a guest on Today, Oprah, The View, and other shows and has spoken at many schools both as an author of novels for elementary school kids as well as an advice giver for middle and high school kids. A Phi Beta Kappa Yale graduate with an M.A. in Spanish, she can give a talk at your school in English or Spanish. She now lives in Manhattan with her husband, daughters, and feisty cat Mike. Girltalk Fourth Edition All the Stuff Your Sister Never Told You By Weston, Carol Quill ISBN: 0060585757 Chapter One Looking and Feeling Your Best Too fat, too flat, too tall, too small -- are you 100 percent happywith your appearance? Hardly anyone is. It?s especially hard now.Your body may be growing in all directions, blemishes may freckleyour face, hair may be sprouting here and there, your period maybe a mystery. What is going on inside you anyway? Are you stuckwith your features and figure? Looks make a difference in first impressions. But so do friendliness,intelligence, thoughtfulness, and a sense of humor. Andwith a little effort, anybody can look attractive. Since you and your body are together for the long haul, youneed to learn to take care of it. This chapter is about how to beyour most healthy and radiant. Do Guys Worry About Their Bodies? Before we launch into a discourse about breasts and periods, youmight be wondering if guys ever worry about their bodies. Answer:They do. Sure, a few wink in the mirror each morning and think they?reGod?s Gift to Manhood?and Womankind. But most wrestle withpuberty-related anxiety. Guys wonder whether they?re tall enough, whether their pecsand biceps bulge enough, whether their chest, facial, and pubichair will ever grow. They wish their voices would get deeper andstop croaking. They?re tired of having braces and pimples and feelingclumsy and gangly and hungry all the time. They wish theywere more handsome and that their hands wouldn?t sweat whenthey ask you to slow dance. Guys worry extra in gym showers, locker rooms, and bathroomsbecause they figure someone might be checking out theirprivate parts. And someone probably is! Guys don?t just worryabout size; some even worry that their organ is crooked! Here?s another male concern: wet dreams. Guys your agesometimes wake up to find they?ve ejaculated during the night,and they wonder if that?s normal. Yes. It?s also normal for guys toget erections at odd times?in the morning, in math class, or evenwhen taking a foul shot in basketball. Many guys feel uneasy about their sexuality. Are they oversexedif they masturbate a lot, undersexed if they don?t? If they have anorgasm quickly when they masturbate, does that