Reviews for Love in the machine age

The average rating for Love in the machine age based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-01-04 00:00:00 James Pace Warning to parents: I highly recommend that parents read this book or at least preview the chapters to fully understand all of the topics that are covered. Selectively choosing the sections that a child is mature enough to understand will make this book a handy reference. Older children (likely middle grade and older) can read the book independently, with parents standing by to answer questions. I recommend that parents read this book with their tweens (the book recommends ages 10 and up.) Our girls were quite vocal about what sections they wanted to skip. And I did not push, since they are still rather young and we can go back and read those sections at a later time. Neither is really at the stage where these topics concern them much, but as they and their friends and classmates get older, I know that there will be playground talk and I want them to know the truth. I remember my dad explaining some of this information to me when I was pretty young. I don't think I understood it all or even really was interested, but I did know when I heard foolish talk on the bus. Overall, we thought this was a very detailed and informative book about our bodies, our health and sex. It has plenty of illustrations to show the various concepts and while it's accurate, it's not overwhelming. I like that the images are drawn, rather than photographs, and I think the comic strip pages are particularly effective at making the science palatable for young minds. We really enjoyed reading this book together, even if we were all a bit uncomfortable at times. We took it slowly, just covering a topic or two on any given night and taking nights off in between reading sessions, so our girls weren't overwhelmed by the content. I think that I will want them to have an opportunity to read this book again at a later time (maybe a year or two), perhaps independently, so they can better absorb the material. It's an excellent resource.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-07-25 00:00:00 Lynn Smith Waaay to graphic for a 10 year old, or even a young teenager. All of the written work is very good and scientific. But I do not think a 10 year old should have a step by step description of the act of sex. Also, it seems to take the view that you will see many different naked people throughout your life. There were waaaaaaay to many cartoons of naked people. I was uncomfortable with it. I don't think there is anything wrong with only seeing your spouse and children naked. It was just to much. People were naked when they didn't need to be. Which takes away from the good writing. I also don't think you need cartoons of adults having sex. It just doesn't seem appropriate. If you are encouraging your children to wait to have sex until they are married, this is probably not the book for you.