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As surprising as it may be to parents, young people today are immersed in porn culture everywhere they look. Through Internet porn, gaming, social media, marketing, and advertising, kids today have a much broader view of social and sexual possibilities, which makes it difficult for them to establish appropriate expectations or to feel adequate in their own sexuality. Even more important, no one is talking to kids directly about the problem. Parents tend to convince themselves that their children are immune to cultural influences, wait until it comes up, or hope schools and pediatricians will address the issues. Educators and doctors may be able to start the conversation but it is fundamentally a parent's job to provide information about sex and relationships early and often to help young people find their way through their social and sexual lives. Delaying the necessary but awkward conversations with their kids leaves them vulnerable. The media, marketers, and porn and gaming industries are eager to step in anywhere parents choose to hold back. Sexploitation exposes the truth to parents, kids, educators, and the medical profession about the seen and unseen influences affecting children, inspiring parents to take the role as the primary sexuality educator. With more information, parents will gain conviction to discuss and develop values, expectations, boundaries, and rules with their kids. Kids who enter their teens with accurate information and truths stand a better chance of developing an "inner compass" when it comes to sex and relationships, which sets them up for a healthy adulthood. In her comic and straightforward style, Pierce brings together the latest research with anecdotal stories shared with her by high school and college students in the thick of it. Above all else, her goal is to get people to develop more comfort around those difficult conversations so that kids gain more confidence and courage about drawing boundaries based on their own values not those put upon them.

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    November 5, 2015
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“Pierce cites a wide range of problematic media-driven issues for kids (e.g., hypersexualized female body images, violent masculinity) and urges parents to enter into the dialog to give their children alternative ways to behave and think. While Pierce points out seemingly insurmountable pressures on today’s youth, she devises a workable plan for guiding them toward healthy life choices.” — Library Journal

“Cindy Pierce's new book, Sexploitation, is a comprehensive, wise and sometimes alarming look at the culture of porn that surrounds our kids. Pierce is a straight talker on the subject of sex; she is also a compelling writer and she makes a strong case that parents have to be brave and to talk to their kids before the Internet introduces them to sexuality. Her book will help parents to find that courage.” – Michael Thompson, coauthor of the NYT best-seller Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys


“For every parent who's ever panicked about having 'the talk' with their child, Cindy Pierce has created a frank, honest resource to help -- and more importantly, a reminder that this isn't a 'talk' at all but rather a conversation that evolves as our boys and girls become responsible, sexually active young men and women.” – Jodi Picoult, NYT bestselling author of Nineteen Minutes and My Sister's Keeper


“As parents, we wish our kids will grow up to have happy, healthy sex lives. Just 'wishing' won't help. We need to talk with them, otherwise their sex education will come from popular culture and the internet. Whether we like it or not, all teens, even preteens have to confront pornography. Cindy's book will help parents find our voices to discuss challenging topics that weren't part of our own growing up." – Dr. Michael L. Lyons MD, Assistant Professor of Community and Family Medicine at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College


“Here's a guide to having meaningful conversations on ‘the other side of awkward’ with our teenagers so that these young people we love so much might be safer and happier. Who doesn't need that?” – Kelly Corrigan NYT bestselling author of Glitter and Glue, Lift, and The Middle Place


“Sexploitation: Helping Kids Develop Healthy Sexuality in a Porn-Driven World is a phenomenal conversation on how to help our children develop healthy sexual and social relationships within themselves and others. Cindy is raw, real, and fantastic. Her approach will leave you educated and empowered - ready to have comfortable, adult conversations with your children.” – Stacy Nadeau, professional speaker, coach and Dove model


“Cindy Pierce’s Sexploitation is a searing analysis of how hyper-sexualized messages in pop culture harm our children’s emotional lives. She weaves her experiences together with the stories of others, compelling data, and expert advice to offer practical advice for developing healthy social and sexual relationships. This book is a must-read for parents who are concerned about their children’s happiness in a society saturated with social media and porn.” – Caroline Heldman, Associate Professor of Politics, Occidental College


“Cindy Pierce takes direct aim at the place where the Tsunami of our Culture and the Heart of our Humanity intersect. Her straight talk on the importance of having conversations with our teens about how to manage the bombardment of messages from the mass media while defining their own moral (inner) compass is a helpful guide for families.” – Julie Metzger RN, MN Co-founder, Great Conversations

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 1st edition (November 5, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 232 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1629560898
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1629560892
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.43 x 0.53 x 8.5 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 99 ratings

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Cindy Pierce is an author, educational speaker, storyteller, innkeeper and mother of three teenagers. Combining comic storytelling and years of research, she engages audiences with her message about making healthy choices and navigating cultural pressures. Cindy is the author of Sexploitation: Helping Kids Develop Healthy Sexuality in a Porn-Driven World (Bibliomotion Inc., 2015) and Sex, College and Social Media: A Commonsense Guide to Navigating the Hookup Culture (Bibliomotion Inc., 2016). She presents to high school and college students as well as parents and educators. Cindy and her family live in Etna, NH where they own and run Pierce’s Inn. You can learn more about Cindy’s work at www.cindy-pierce.com.

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E. Sidney
5.0 out of 5 stars it gives me two touchstone moments to reflect on in my own development as an adult where Cindy (and her husband Bruce) profoundl
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Cindy was my teacher in elementary school and after understandably losing touch for a number of years, we reconnected a few years ago and became fast friends. Which, on the one hand, makes me a completely biased reviewer. On the other hand, it gives me two touchstone moments to reflect on in my own development as an adult where Cindy (and her husband Bruce) profoundly effected my life for the better.

My experience of Cindy as a teacher was that she treated me like a capable human being and did not infantilize me. Critically, she always had a sense of humor to help smooth the pathway for any subject, no matter how dry or challenging. As an adult, watching her and Bruce parent their children has been instructive and so inspiring as I head into the next chapter of my life with a child of my own on the way. They parent with empathy, flexibility, human fallibility and honest, clear expectations of themselves and their children as well as that incredible sense of humor.

What does that have to do with this book? Everything. She's put herself completely into this extremely well-written, exhaustively researched book, giving you an opportunity to open your mind in a way that only Cindy is capable of.

Porn and modern sex culture are not inherently funny. In her standup and storytelling (and her other book) she does find a way to use humor to pry open our hearts (legs?) and ask us to take a good long look at what's really going on - in Sexploitation she mostly takes off the humor gloves here and dives in. Not in a completely humorless, boring way, but with passionate determination to help turn over a new leaf in our culture and in the way we talk to our kids.

I'm going to enjoy this first blink of eye with my little one where I don't need to start discussing this stuff with them...but thanks to this book I'll be ready the moment it's appropriate, an age that's becoming closer and closer to juuuuuust out of the womb as our culture forces the issue increasingly earlier into our children's lives. I'll be dusting this one off when I need Cindy to be there for me yet again in my life's journey.
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5.0 out of 5 stars It's time to change the narrative!
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Does the thought of having a discussion with your child about sex and healthy sexuality make you cringe so much you avoid having the discussion at all? Well, just keep in mind that there will be no shortage of sexual "information" bombarding your child everyday and healthy sexuality WILL NOT be the focus. I have worked in a high school for 17 yrs.and see first hand the impact of this misinformation. Kids get most of their information from entertainment outlets and their peers, who got most of their information from entertainment outlets. This distorted and often harmful information is filling the void where facts should be. Our children deserve to have caring, well informed people balancing the information they get about this important topic. Cindy Pierce and her book "Sexploitation" can give you the confidence and the tools to have this challenging conversation. It is not only carefully researched and filled with resources (don't be surprised if you learn a thing or two yourself) it is also very well written and easy to read. The perfect combination of fact sprinkled with humor. Cindy authentically cares about this topic and discusses it with an ease that is enviable. Read the book and start the discussion. You will be glad you did.
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M Smilikis
5.0 out of 5 stars making the book and easy and worthwhile read
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2015
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If you are a parent of small children, middle/high school age kids or have teenagers heading off to college... you need to BUY THIS BOOK. As parents, we put a lot of time and energy ensuring that our kids are prepared academically, go to the right schools and have all the right coaches or teachers for sports or club activities. None of us look forward to helping our kids navigate through the hyper-sexualized world we live in today, but the conversations need to happen and we, as parents, need to take on that responsibility. Pierce provides the tools you need to start the conversation at any point, with any child in our current culture. She does not offer a "one size fits all" solution, but provides compelling data with suggestions and additional resources for continued conversations. Armed with solid research to back up her discoveries, the author reveals many surprising, sometimes shocking details about what is happening in our schools and even homes, while we passively hope that someone else will provide the educational information our children need. Pierce lightens the topic by weaving personal stories and experiences in throughout, making the book and easy and worthwhile read. Buy the book, read and share-
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Kristine L.
5.0 out of 5 stars Cindy, thank-you!
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2015
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These topics are definitely out of my comfort zone, but I realize as a parent of two teenagers how important they are to address. I always knew that I wanted my kids to hear it from me, but did not tackle this difficult subject and to be honest, probably avoided it. I felt I didn't know when or what to say and that I only had one shot at it, so it better be right. Cindy's book has given me the tools to address these topics. I have gone from being uncomfortable and overwhelmed with the subject matter to feeling more confident and knowledgable. I also realize that I don't have to be an expert, just willing to talk and listen. Also, that if I don't get it right the first time, there is always another time. This book is an absolute must for anyone with children and not comfortable with these topics. After reading it you will be!
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H. Bug
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a great help in figuring out how to have that conversation
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2015
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Porn is everywhere on the internet now, and I just didnt know where to start to talk to my kids about it, or how to approach it. This book is a great help in figuring out how to have that conversation, and to keep the dialog going to raise kids who can make better decisions for themselves. We cant get rid of the porn, but if we can get our kids to understand it for what it is, and to live their lives with a more healthy attitude towards sex and everyday behavior, then that's what we should strive to do. My boys are 13 and 15 and this book came along at the right time.
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