Phyllis Williams-Strawder

That Damn Girl Stuff Phyllis Williams-Strawder

The sex talk. It has to be one of the hardest conversations a parent could have with a child. No parent, even the most liberal, wants to imagine their baby one day having sex. Likewise, no child wants the image of how they were created etched in their brain. How is it that something so beautiful and pleasurable can be so taboo? This book goes beyond the mechanics and gets to the heart of the matter That Damn Girl Stuff gives you a front row seat to the conversation between a mother and her nine-year-old daughter when they talk about sex. Strawder tells her daughter she never had this conversation growing up and she refused to let her do the same. The conversations with her daughter are relevant, funny, and thought-provoking. In between the talks, Strawder reveals more and more of why she has these conversations at an age most would consider too young. Morgan, her daughter, after talking with her mom decides she wants no parts of puberty. She comes to look forward to the talks and at the same time run in the opposite direction when her mom calls her. When she sees she has to talk with her mom and dad, thought her world would end. She goes from giving her mom a hard time about calling her budding breast warts to ask one last questions. That Damn Girl Stuff is a conversation she started having with her daughter when she was nine years old, and the conversation isn't over. Strawder discloses her hardships and mistakes with men in hopes of saving her daughter some pain down the line.