{"title":"Laurie Langford","description":"\u003cp\u003eLAURIE LANGFORD is a seminar leader and the author of two books on relationships and self-esteem. Her books include \u003cem\u003eBig Talk: Talking to Your Child about Sex and Dating\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIf It’s Love You Want, Why Settle for (Just) Sex?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLangford has appeared on CNN, Good Day New York, USA Live, and the Montel Williams Show, among numerous other television and radio programs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she’s not writing, Langford draws on her background as a former teenage runaway to lead seminars on relationships and self-esteem. Her work focuses on helping parents discuss puberty, dating, and sex with their children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaurie lives in Los Angeles, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaurie Langford’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrowse more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/books-new-releases\"\u003eNew Releases\u003c\/a\u003e · \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/award-winning-books\"\u003eAward-Winning Books\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"big-talk","title":"Big Talk: Talking to Your Child about Sex and Dating","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\"A very accessible, step-by-step guide that provides simple yet meaningful ways to discuss this crucial subject. Makes talking about sex easy and opens lines of important communications between parents and children. Bravo!\" --Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben, Ph.D. author of \u003cem\u003eChildren of Character: Leading Your Children to Ethical Choices in Everyday Life\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Comprehensive, dignified, conscientious, and nurturing...Very worthwhile for teens and their parents.\" -- Irving N. Klitsner, M.D., F.A.A.P., Founder and former Director, Teen and Young Adult Health Care Center, Kaiser-Permanente of Southern California and Professor of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, USC and UCLA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou know that it's important to talk with your kids about sex. But if you're like most parents, you get tongue-tied just thinking about having \"the big talk.\" Even if you know exactly what you'd like to say, you may have no idea when or where to begin, or how to get your message across. This book can help.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Big Talk\u003c\/em\u003e shows you how to have warm, nurturing conversations about puberty, dating, relationships, and sex. Drawing upon hard-won personal experiences and the experiences of teens and parents whose stories appear throughout this book, Laurie Langford makes communication easy. She shows you how to talk about values and self-respect, setting high standards and sticking to them, and having fun with members of the opposite sex without being pressured into sex too soon. She also supplies sample dialogues, games, role-playing exercises, and other useful tools for breaking the ice and keeping the lines of communications open.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWe earn a commission for purchases made through the following links.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1620457091\/ref=nosim?tag=tpcecomm-20\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Amazon\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/amazon-buylink --\u003e\u003c!-- bookshop-buylink --\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/book\/9781620457092\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003eshop for this title at Bookshop.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!-- \/bookshop-buylink --\u003e","brand":"Laurie Langford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43185562714328,"sku":"9781620457092","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43185562747096,"sku":"9781620455647","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/7786\/8475\/files\/9780470490792_FC_mockup_v2_1740150814_8c9b89bd-261a-44b2-bee5-f51a5fb343bd.jpg?v=1791994694"}],"url":"https:\/\/turnerpublishing.com\/collections\/author-laurie-langford.oembed","provider":"Turner Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}