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A 224 page non-fiction book. Teenage boys reflect on their lives and cover topics such as: sex, friends, sports, drugs, music, school and family. They explain what the 'rules' are, how they break them and what's 'cool'.

Martino, Wayne and Maria Pallotta- Chiarolli. Boys' stuff: Boys talking about what matters. Australia: Allen & Unwin, 2001.
ISBN: 1865085553

A report on what Australian children from age 9 to 16 say about troubling content online. Children are exposed to cyberbully, pornographic content and violence online from a young age. This study was modelled on a similar report that was done across 25 European counties in 2013.

Non-fiction

For parents/carers of 9 to 13 year olds to help them talk to their sons about puberty and sex. Tells you what topics to cover and gives ideas on how to start conversations.

Hakanson, Cath. Boy puberty: How to talk about puberty and sex with your tween boy. Western Australia: Sex Ed Rescue, 2017.
ISBN: 9780648108955