As parents, we all know that sex education is important, but do you know how to proceed? I grew up with the education of "I have to hide it when buying a sanitary napkin", and I really don't know how to speak.
"The First Guide to Sex Education for Parents Not Embarrassing" is my great savior. From how to permeate sexual education in life, specialized education in adolescence, to how to cultivate healthy sexual concepts, you can find the answers in the book.
1. When should sex education start?
Whether it is a child who has just realized that there are other children of men and women, or adolescents who have just started to fall in love, everyone's existence is related to sex. Therefore, the broad sense of sex education begins from the birth of a child.
protects the boundaries of children's physical body, respects feelings, teaches children the correct names of various organs in their bodies, and answers curiosity about the body... All of this is sex education.
Targeted sex education will start at the latest when the child is in elementary school. Before puberty comes, we should help our children understand their bodies and establish correct sexual values.
Otherwise, if you really encounter problems in adolescence, you will not be able to listen to sex education, and it will be more difficult for parents to speak.
And there is no saying, "You think your child is young, but bad guys don't"? Doing a good job of sex education will also help children learn to protect themselves.
2. How to do sex education?
Sex education knowledge seems professional and complex. How should we teach it? The First Guide to Sex Education for Parents without Embarrassment" provides a detailed guide.
First of all, the book writes a lot of principles of sex education, and Liu has benefited me a lot, such as:
- A relaxed attitude is more important than the specific content.
- accurately explain and grasp the scale.
- Sex education is not only education of knowledge, but also closely related to feelings, emotions, boundaries, and relationships.
All this is enlightening.
Specific matters for adolescence, methods to popularize sexual culture to children, protect children from safety, and beware of sexual violence. The book also provides clear and operational methods.
So this is a practical guide that is not only suitable for reading in advance, but also available at any time.
3. What else should I teach besides sexual knowledge?
In addition to specific knowledge, sexual values are equally important.
The three authors of "The First Unembarrassing Sex Education Guide for Parents" Lu Hayan, Shin Yuandian and Li Shuizhi are from South Korea. They are not only specialized sex education experts, but also members of the public welfare organization that advocates gender equality and believes that sex education can change the world. The values they convey can really inspire us ordinary parents.
more than once the book emphasizes that our society cannot just educate girls to protect themselves. It is not the girl’s fault to suffer sexual violence. No matter how the girl protects herself, as long as the perpetrator still exists, sexual violence cannot be eliminated.
So we should give boys the same sex education from an early age, teach them to understand their own and girls' bodies, respect the boundaries of others, and not violate others.
As a mother of boys and girls at the same time, I feel very moved when I read this.
"The First Guide to Sex Education for Parents Not Awkward" is recommended for parents who feel embarrassed and don't know how to do it when it comes to sex education. We can start by respecting the physical and psychological boundaries of children, master the correct knowledge and concepts of sex education, and protect the healthy growth of children.
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