Most parents agree on the need for sex education for their children. However, many do not know how and when to do this. They often have a fear of scaring a child or forming a misconception about this area of adult life.
Instructions
Step 1
When talking about the relationship of the sexes with your child, try to keep a casual tone, as if it were a matter of ordinary everyday problems. It is not necessary to talk about these topics for a long time and spatially - children do not have the ability to concentrate on one problem for a long time. They ask specific questions and want a short and simple answer.
Step 2
If the child's speech contains obscene definitions, do not scold him, but simply explain the "translation" of the meaning of these words into your native language. As a rule, children often do not even know what they are talking about in such cases. After a detailed interpretation, express your wishes that you would not like to continue to hear such expressions from him, since any educated person will be unpleasant to hear profanity.
Step 3
Sex education needs to be raised even before the child reaches school age. Explain to him that not all adults are child friendly. Among them there are those who are capable of sexual violence. The child should know that one cannot trust strangers and accept offers from them to “walk” with them. Moreover, if such proposals have already been received, he must definitely tell his parents about it.
Step 4
When the child begins puberty, explain to him in accessible words how and why changes occur in his body. Tell the boy why girls begin to grow mammary glands and begin menstruation, and girls need to know about an erection. This information is of great interest to the growing child, and it will be better if he learns it from parents, and not from peers. Also explain what homosexuality and prostitution are. The child learns these concepts from the media and it is quite understandable that this arouses his curiosity.
Step 5
Explain to your child what HIV and other sexually transmitted infections are, according to his age. Of course, at 6-7 years old it is not necessary to frighten him with a lethal outcome and the incurability of many diseases, but general concepts should be formed in him by school age.
Step 6
Teach your child that all physiological processes in the human body are natural. Try not to feel embarrassed or disgusted when discussing sexual issues. And constantly check if he understands you correctly.
