Worcester Specific Resources
About Sex Ed and Sexual Health
Books for Kids in English
As with any book, these are geared for different age ranges. Many of them will have a suggested age range, but trust your relationship with your young person and their curiosity about what may be the right fit for your family.
Libros Para Jovenes en Español
- Worcester Public Schools webpage for sex ed
- Our Fact Sheet/Hoja de Hechos on sex ed and Rights, Respect, Responsibility
- AIDS Project Worcester and SWAGLY
- SafeHomes, a program of Open Sky Community Services
- School-based health centers
- Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts
- Pathways for Change, Inc
- YWCA of Central Massachusetts
- MassEquality
- Advocates for Youth
- Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
- EducateUS
- Partners in Sex Education
- Power to Decide
- Kids-Ask.org
- Parent and Guardian Resources from the CDC
- Sex Ed for young people with disabilities
- Parents as Advocates for Comprehensive Sex Ed in Schools
- Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights
- Sex Positive Families
- Amaze.org
- Adolescent Health
- Learning for Justice
- Sex Ed Dictionaries from UnHushed
- What Makes a Baby by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth
- Sex is a Funny Word by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth
- You Know, Sex: Bodies, Gender, Puberty, and Other Things by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth
- Celebrate Your Body (and Its Changes, Too!): The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls by Sonya Renee Taylor
- Book Riot shares lists about pictures books that deconstruct gender norms and focus on gender identity
- Let’s Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent and Respect by Jayneen Sanders and Sarah Jennings
- A selection of books by Robie Harris and collaborators
- What’s the Big Secret?: Talking about Sex with Girls and Boys by Laurie Krasny Brown and Marc Brown
- The “What’s Happening to My Body?” Book for Boys: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Sons by Lynda Madaras and Martin Anderson
- The “What’s Happening to My Body?” Book for Girls: A Growing Up Guide for Parents and Daughters by Lynda Madaras and Marcia Herman-Giddens
- Sexo…Que Es? by Robie Harris
- ¡Es Alucinante! by Robie Harris
- ¿Cómo se hace un bebé? by Cory Silverberg and Fiona Smyth