Firoza Osman. How to Talk to Your Muslim Child About Sex. Edmonton, Alberta: Self-published, 2020.

Firoza Osman has over twenty years of teaching experience; in addition to serving as a further education lecturer and educational assistant with a public school board, she works as an afterschool program manager at an Islamic non-profit organization.In this position, she delivers workshops to Muslim youth on healthy relationships.She also provides coaching services to parents that focus on sexual health education within an Islamic framework and screentime management.How to Talk to Your Muslim Child About Sex (2020) is a practical guide for Muslim parents concerned about preserving their children's sexual health and moral compass.The book is written from the perspective of a mother who raised her two sons in a non-Muslim environment, away from Canada's more densely populated Muslim cities and communities.With the odds stacked against her and her family, Osman navigates the "hypersexualized and pornified world," as she puts it.Taking her personal experience and educational background into account, Firoza Osman compiles, subject by subject, topic by topic, a list of things that worked for her and what to avoid.Considering the above, one would expect her advice to be even more impactful in a Muslim environment where mosques and resources are plentiful.Coach and now author Osman's goal is to equip parents with the tools to discuss sex education.She argues that to raise children to be adults who can enjoy and sustain a mutually satisfying, healthy marital relationship, parents must build those relationship skills from birth and guide their children to handle their sexuality in an Islamic way.She divides her book into three thematic chapters.In the first chapter, about contextualizing the times, she shares aspects of the current sex-obsessed culture and how morality has been detached from it.Contending that "[t]his sacred gift from Allah is dishonored" (p.18), she demonstrates this detachment by providing examples of how this desecration is present in books, movies, TV, talk shows, music, music videos, and so on.She also highlights trends that live alongside the sexobsessed culture (e.g., profanity, social media influence, peer pressure, mental health, drugs, and alcohol) as well as gender-and Muslim-specific tensions that may affect children and cause them to lose their moral compass.The second chapter, about building a connection for an open line of communication, focuses on connecting with one's parents and family and connecting with Allah.Here, the author explores and discusses parenting styles, the importance of one's personal connection with Allah, some practical tips on developing that connection, and creating a home culture in which the family members connect and find meaningful relationships.This serves as a safety net and the medium through which the next chapter's topics can be adequately discussed.The third chapter, the bulk of the book, covers all of the practical advice on how to talk to one's child at every stage of development.The key is to start young, and so the book begins with the child's birth and provides focus topics for each developmental stage until