Have you ever thought about the above question? Do you have the dilemma of how to impart sex education to your child? More often than not, parents tend to brush off questions about sex and hope that their child will eventually learn about it in school. There are other parents who prefer to take the indirect approach and talk about the birds and the bees as well as the stork version.
The good new is that there are parents who have decided to take more responsibility for their child’s sex education. As a wise parent, you will be responsible to teach your child about personal responsibilities and moral attitudes related to sex. It is all about teaching your child to have healthy attitudes about the whole subject besides teaching about the physiological facts only.
The education does not happen in one sitting but is an on-going process, more on a need-to-know basis. Below are some of the ideas that I personally think should be covered:
• To teach the differences between male and female
• To teach the actual names of the various body parts and not to substitute them with ridiculous names like “birdie” and “flower”
• To teach the difference between good and bad touching
• To teach the importance of how life begins
• To teach how a baby develops
• To teach how a baby is born
• To teach your child to respect his own body
Educating your child about sex will no doubt continue until the teenage years. By that time, he would have developed certain standards of sexual conduct and having a good respect for himself and the opposite sex.
What is your opinion on this subject? How would you want your child to learn about sex?