Children develop confidence when they get parental guidance on the issues confronting them. Sex education for parents ensures they distribute the correct information to their children when it comes to sex issues. This affirms the role of the parent in the education of the child. Sex education is provided in schools, but all children would not have the same level of comfortability asking all their questions in the classroom.
Children from homes where sex issues are often discussed are known to become sexually active later in age than those who do not discuss the issue. This may be because most children trust the information given to them by their guardians over any other thing they hear. In schools, sex education is only one topic that is taught within a maximum of a few hours. Parents have their whole childhood to discuss the issue.
A lot of parents shy from educating their children on sex related information because they may not have had the information themselves when they were growing up. Some societies also do not encourage the discussion on sex issues. Mothers are more open to their children than fathers who would not want to go into the details of intimacy issues. Some guardians also assume the schools are responsible for the total education of their children. This would include sex issues, but schools do not give their children any information at all.
It takes knowledge on the issue to provide accurate information. Parents can read books to be able to get information on sex topics for various age groups. The internet also has a lot of information resources, which guardians can take advantage of. Parents need to be well prepared in advance before their children have questions to ask.
Discussing sex with the child should start before the child reaches puberty. This will prepare them to understand the changes their bodies would go through when they reach puberty. Also, the information gathered by the parent should not be dumped on the child in a short time. The guardians need to take a lot of time over the years to make sure information is well absorbed. The format of sex education should be just that. The child should feel okay asking questions rather than just listening to a long lecture.
Parents need to be very honest with their children regarding sexual issues. Answers to their questions need to be direct, without any ambiguity. When the parent does not have answers to the questions asked by their child; the parent should clearly say so and offer to get the answers later on. Children mostly want to know the whys of a conversation and the conversation should provide that.
Some parents postpone the discussion of sex issues because they may be waiting for the right moment. The right opportunity for discussion is when the child asks a question or when the guardians suspect the child may have issues bothering them. Also, when sexual content come up on television while the child is watching is a good opportunity to explain things to him.
Parents can take the opportunity to start the discussion. Guardians need to provide the correct information regarding sex, so no one else feeds their children with wrong information.
Children from homes where sex issues are often discussed are known to become sexually active later in age than those who do not discuss the issue. This may be because most children trust the information given to them by their guardians over any other thing they hear. In schools, sex education is only one topic that is taught within a maximum of a few hours. Parents have their whole childhood to discuss the issue.
A lot of parents shy from educating their children on sex related information because they may not have had the information themselves when they were growing up. Some societies also do not encourage the discussion on sex issues. Mothers are more open to their children than fathers who would not want to go into the details of intimacy issues. Some guardians also assume the schools are responsible for the total education of their children. This would include sex issues, but schools do not give their children any information at all.
It takes knowledge on the issue to provide accurate information. Parents can read books to be able to get information on sex topics for various age groups. The internet also has a lot of information resources, which guardians can take advantage of. Parents need to be well prepared in advance before their children have questions to ask.
Discussing sex with the child should start before the child reaches puberty. This will prepare them to understand the changes their bodies would go through when they reach puberty. Also, the information gathered by the parent should not be dumped on the child in a short time. The guardians need to take a lot of time over the years to make sure information is well absorbed. The format of sex education should be just that. The child should feel okay asking questions rather than just listening to a long lecture.
Parents need to be very honest with their children regarding sexual issues. Answers to their questions need to be direct, without any ambiguity. When the parent does not have answers to the questions asked by their child; the parent should clearly say so and offer to get the answers later on. Children mostly want to know the whys of a conversation and the conversation should provide that.
Some parents postpone the discussion of sex issues because they may be waiting for the right moment. The right opportunity for discussion is when the child asks a question or when the guardians suspect the child may have issues bothering them. Also, when sexual content come up on television while the child is watching is a good opportunity to explain things to him.
Parents can take the opportunity to start the discussion. Guardians need to provide the correct information regarding sex, so no one else feeds their children with wrong information.
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