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Growing up straight : what every thoughtful parent should know about homosexuality
- Title
- Growing up straight : what every thoughtful parent should know about homosexuality / by Peter and Barbara Wyden ; introduction by Stanley F. Yolles, M.D.
- Author
- Wyden, Peter
- Publication
- New York : Stein and Day, 1968.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | HQ76.25 .W923 1968 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Wyden, Barbara
- Description
- 256 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- The authors "describe the early signs of homosexuality, taking care to distinguish between occasional harmless adolescence experimentation and the more serious unfolding of a lifelong pattern. And they suggest a number of steps parents can take to prevent the disorder."
- Subject
- Children and homosexuality
- Gay youth > Family relationships
- Parents of gay people
- Homosexuality
- Gay people > Family relationships
- Homosexuality
- Homosexualité
- Personnes homosexuelles > Relations familiales
- Jeunes homosexuels > Relations familiales
- Parents de personnes homosexuelles
- homosexuality
- Parents of gays
- Children and homosexuality
- Gays > Family relationships
- Sexual reorientation
- Genre/Form
- Popular Work
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- A personal note to our readers -- Why talk about it? -- False notions and needless worries -- How mothers raise homosexual sons -- How fathers raise homosexual sons -- How parents raise homosexual daughters -- How the atmosphere at home can encourage homosexuality -- Tommy -- Johnny -- The influence of divorce, boarding school, summer camp, military service, and death in the family -- "I didn't really believe that boys and girls were different" -- How today's cultural trends encourage homosexuality -- On the brink : the process of homosexual commitment -- Mr. Harrison -- The temptations--and fears--of the gay world -- Curing homosexuality : how to get the best results -- Raising the sexually secure child.
- LCCN
- 68017324
- OCLC
- ocm00931776
- 931776
- SCSB-360712
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library