Description:
Growing Up God’s Way is a colorful, fully illustrated book available as separate versions for boys and girls. It is intended for children approaching or experiencing puberty, typically represented by the 10-14 years old age range. The artwork has been specially produced for the book and includes accurate biological drawings as well as cartoon illustrations to keep the young reader interested. Most importantly of all, the Bible is the constant reference point, so that what the Bible has to say about the matters dealt with is always front and center. The result is that this book conveys essential biblical ethical teaching on sex and relationships, as well as the facts about puberty.
For example, here’s an extract from the teaching on the chapter on Physical Intimacy :
It might seem attractive to live in a world where there are no laws. (Of course it would mean that your parents would never be able to tell you that you were doing something wrong!) But have you ever thought what would happen if there were no laws about how we should drive a car? The laws of the road make it safe for us to drive. If there were none, many more people on the road would get injured and driving would be a very frightening experience.
God has given us a law regarding how we relate to the opposite sex in sexual intimacy. This law is the seventh of the Ten Commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery’ (Exodus 20:14). From this verse and other passages in the Bible, we learn that all sexual activity outside marriage is wrong. The word adultery means either being married and experiencing sexual intimacy with someone who is not your wife, or experiencing sexual intimacy with someone else’s wife. In the New Testament, God warns us to ‘flee from sexual immorality’ (1 Corinthians 6:18). The term ‘sexual immorality’ includes any sexual activity that is not between a husband and his wife.
The fact that God has given us a specific command to keep sexual intimacy for marriage shows how important God considers sexual intimacy to be. The husband and wife are important to Him, their marriage is important to Him, and the new life that may result from sexual intimacy is important to Him. God’s law about sexual intimacy is for our safety and well-being – it protects us, it protects marriage, and it protects young life.
《Growing Up God’s Way》按照神的心意成长
Growing Up God’s Way 是一套以圣经为基础的青春期成长指南，分别出版男孩版和女孩版，主要适合 10–14 岁、即将进入或正在经历青春期的孩子。
全书采用丰富的彩色插图，包括准确的生理结构图以及轻松活泼的卡通插画，帮助孩子以健康、自然的方式认识青春期身体所发生的变化。
这套书最大的特色是：始终以圣经作为讨论青春期、性与人际关系的基础和出发点。 它不只是告诉孩子青春期“身体会发生什么变化”，也帮助他们认识神对身体、性、婚姻以及男女关系的美好设计，让孩子在获得正确生理知识的同时，也逐渐建立合乎圣经的价值观。
例如，在谈到**身体与性的亲密关系（Physical Intimacy）**时，作者用交通法规作为比喻：道路规则并不是为了剥夺人的自由，而是为了保护人的安全。同样，神也为性关系设立了美好的界限。
书中引用十诫中的第七诫：
“不可奸淫。”（出埃及记 20:14）
并结合新约：
“你们要逃避淫行。”（哥林多前书 6:18）
帮助孩子明白，按照圣经的教导，性亲密关系是神为婚姻所设立的，应当保留在丈夫与妻子的婚姻关系之中。
神为性设立界限，并不是因为性本身是不好的；恰恰相反，正因为婚姻、夫妻之间的亲密关系，以及可能由此产生的新生命，在神眼中都是宝贵的，所以神赐下祂的教导来保护我们、保护婚姻，也保护生命。
因此，这套书不仅是一本介绍青春期身体变化的书，也是一套帮助孩子从小建立合乎圣经的身体观、性观和婚姻观的成长资源。
建议年龄：10–14 岁
版本：男孩版 / 女孩版
给家长的提示： 本书会直接讨论青春期身体发育、性亲密关系及相关生理知识，并配有生理结构插图。建议家长先行翻阅，并根据孩子的成熟程度决定阅读时间；也很适合作为亲子共读及讨论青春期与性教育的资源。
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