Girls Uncovered: What America’s Sexual Culture Does to Young Women

I want my children to remain pure.  What parent doesn’t?  Sadly many don’t care or are clueless.  Looking back at my own teen years, although I was considered a good girl, I wasn’t exactly a good girl.   Temptations come in many forms that don’t seem so bad at the time.

I am trying to give my children the atmosphere and raising they need to remain pure and live a life for Christ in this world by:

• keeping them in church
• trying to get in some Bible reading and prayer
• disciplining them for incorrect behavior and attitudes
• telling them that having boy/girl friends only leads to one thing, which needs to wait for marriage
• teaching and modeling modesty
• and other things

However, I am not perfect in any of these areas.  I have slipped so many ways.  I think I’m doing a fair job…until I read this book.

I have been deceived into allowing things in my children’s lives that will move them further down the road of making impure and lustful decisions.  A few seemingly innocent television programs  were discussed in this book.  Guess what!  I didn’t realize that they were full of things that will lead my children down a destructive path of impurity.  I don’t want this for my children.

While this book was not written in a finger-pointing manner, it has provided so much information for the parent and young adult in training.  Parents, educate yourselves, so that you are fully prepared to tackle the huge and very important task of parenting.   This book will educate you on:

• Statistics that are more than just numbers – Know the real life odds of your child becoming pregnant or not reaching his or her goal of a college degree.
• Sexually transmitted infections and diseases – Yes, it could happen to your child and some of these are transmitted easier than you think.
• Emotional attachments – There is an actual body chemical that bonds two people together when they’ve been intimate and another that causes a person to trust someone they’ve hugged longer than 20 seconds.
• Lies that are misleading our girls – Find out who society has mislead our girls and maybe us?  As I said before, I have realized that some of my own thinking and parenting needs to be adjusted because of these lies.
• Knowing what your children are doing – That may mean a decision on your part allowing no more cell phones, which allow for messages and pictures that can be kept private from you, the parent.
• Spiritual matters are important – Yes, God is an important factor in raising children and teenagers.  The more your child is involved in spiritual activities, the less likely he or she will make some unwise decisions.  Plus, isn’t that our goal as parents – to raise children to love and serve the Lord with all their hearts?  If not, it should be.

About the Book

Any parent can identify with the feeling that girls growing up in America face a treacherous future; Uncovered Girls: New Research on What America;s Culture Does to Young Women unveils the facts.

In the follow up to their eye-opening release, Hooked, obstetricians Joe McIlhaney and Freda Bush present stunning scientific research on the development of young girls in America’s increasingly reckless sexual culture. They survey the reality of prevalent sexual behaviors and attitudes as well as their psychological, social, physical, and spiritual effects.

Despite the harrowing facts revealed by their studies, McIlhaney and Bush give us hope through their expertise as physicians and parents of daughters. Girls Uncovered provides fundamental wisdom and practical advice to help parents, counselors, and church leaders guide young girls safely through the challenges they will face so they can achieve their potential and enjoy full health, hope and happiness.

Book written by Joe S. McIlhaney, Jr., Freda McKissic Bush & Stan Guthrie

Disclosure:  I received a copy of Girls Uncovered: New Research on What America’s Sexual Culture Does to Young Women from Moody Publishers in exchange for my honest review.  Affiliate links included.