"Where Did I Come From?"
by Peter Mayle
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Book Reviews of "Where Did I Come From?"
Book Review: Plea From Adult Survivor of Sexual Abuse: Don't Buy Book!!
Summary: 1 Stars
I was given this book at age 9 by mom to help me understand sex. Here is the scary thing I was being sexually abused by my adult uncle from the age of 3 until I was 12. This book ended up normalize my abuse by relating every day experiences like jumping rope and being tickled to sex! If you think sexually abuse can't happen in your family I am sorry but it can happen to any family. My parents are both teachers and happily married. Our house was nicknamed the "Cleaver's" by my friends. We went to church on Sunday mornings and both my brother and I sang in the children choir at church. As an adult survivor of sexually abuse I am asking you to not buy this book for your children. Any book that compares sex to childhood activities is not book you should use to teach your children about sex.Book Review: not for an appropriate book!
Summary: 1 Stars
okay I like the fact that the book is "sily" and has funny characters for people BUT after buying and reading this book before my child (9) sees it...I returned it! I think the BASIC facts should be given to any child, but should NOT go into that "it's pleasurable and that the man goes up and down and up and down and gets friction and that they both wriggle and wriggle and it tickles until the man's penis squirts out a going substance called sperm." Are you kidding? this is a highly recommended book? If "kids" are taught that is pleasurable and tickles etc. do you not think they will be starting sex at an early age? I let 4 of my other friends see this book who also have kids the same age as mine and they too were stunned. They could have left out a lot of stuff in this book.Book Review: NOT so great
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought this book to read to my 6 year old. After receiving it and reading it I realized its a bit strong. This book goes into detail about the actual act of intercourse and what happens. A more immature perspective on it rather than just the facts. It gives a poor description at that. I am not one that shys away from talking about this subject with my children, and this book gives a poor decription of it all. I would rather give my kids the facts and a more christian background and explanation on birds and the bees. I did read some of this to my oldest daughter and I had to fill in where the book is lacking and skip certain things so I could better explain them.
Very Disappointed and do not understand why this book has been around for 30+ years.
Book Review: Knowledge Shared
Summary: 5 Stars
When my grown sons were reaching puberty nearly 35 years ago, I researched many books on the subject and was disappointed in all of them. One, for instance, showed different kinds of animals mating but the only picture of people showed a man and woman face up next to each other in a bed. What kind of lesson is that?
I was lucky and found this book which nearly every little boy in our neighborhood read with my sons. I am now ready to pass it along to my great grandson and hope that it shows him that sex is normal, can be fun and that it answers some of his questions.
One of the memories that I enjoyed in looking back at this book is the picture of the man and woman greatly resembled my deceased husband and my self at that time. LOL
Book Review: Shocking!
Summary: 1 Stars
This book is certainly one way to ensure that our children will grow up being promiscuous. What child in their right mind wouldn't want to go and test out all of the "feelings" that you describe. Are these feelings really necessary to the scope of the book? And the graphic description of the sex act...why don't you just write porn? However, my biggest complaint with this book is that it is not age specific. I found it in the K-6 section of my bookstore. I suggest you specify 12 and up and take out some of your references such as "tingly," "in and out," etc. What you as an author feel when you have sex is not scientifically necessary! If you want to write for children and expect parents to buy...CLEAN IT UP!