Book Presentation:

Max Weber
Für ein Kinderlachen

From 2013 to 2015, I wrote a book about living with my pedophilic preference. And about pedophilia itself. The title means “For a Child's Smile” in German and in this book I have summarized my journey, from the time before I myself knew about my sexual orientation right up to the time of publication. In addition to my story, it also provides more general background information about the sexual preference and the stigmatization of people with a pedophilia.

In December 2018, I published a second, slightly revised edition. In addition to minor corrections, it also contains about two dozen minor and perhaps a handful of major additions and updates. Now, in 2025, a further revision has followed, which became necessary after my separation from the SuH team, as many references to our joint work were simply no longer correct. I have also adjusted the wording in some places a bit (because people have made me aware that some phrases conveyed moral judgement about pedophilia itself and I agree) and updated some other bits that would have made no sense to just leave them oudated as they were. Among them some new information from Don't Offend's 20th-anniversary-event that you will find in the blog post about it here in english as well.

About the book:

• Printed edition:
  190 pages, black and white interior
  A5 paperback (print on demand)
  ISBN 978-1-326-29139-6
• PDF-eBook:
  190 pages, full color
  ISBN 978-1-326-29645-2

If possible, please buy directly from Lulu.com. On third-party platforms you basically only pay the industry and only a small percentage goes to the author. Collective orders of 5 or more copies can be processed directly through me on request and sometimes with a discount. Please ask by e-mail!

The book’s blurb:

Nothing is more stigmatized in our society than sexual attraction to children. Pedophilia. Many people would say “rightly so” and think of child abuse. But they also recognize that no one chooses their sexual inclination. So there must also be people with pedophilia who do not become offenders, right? I am one such person: pedophilic, but not an abuser.
And I am not a rare exception either; there are many of us.

This book describes my life with this sexual preference and my goal to never harm a child. In addition to personal texts, it also offers a wide range of factual information on the subject. It presents the therapy I underwent at “Don't Offend” and describes how I have since been committed to helping other non-offending pedophiles.
We humans have very little control over our feelings, but we are responsible for our actions at all times.

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