Sexual education for children may be still a taboo thing for some parents in Indonesia. Whereas providing sexual education to children is very important to provide children’s knowledge and make children more aware of their sexual health later.
In addition, providing children with sex education also makes them aware of sexual behavior, protecting them from the risk of sexual harassment.
How do provide sexual education to children?
There are several important points that you should teach about sex education to children, here we summarize some important points that you should give as sexual education to children:
- Provide education about body parts and their functions
When the child is about to reach adolescence, provide sex education about the sexual areas of the body and their functions, such as the function of the genitals, breasts, and various other body parts.
Sex education can help children understand more about their bodies and help them to take care of their own bodies.
- Give education about puberty that children will experience
Before the children enter puberty, educate the children on what will happen to them when they entered the puberty phase.
For girls, tell her that she will experience menstruation, breast growth, and hair growth in several parts of her body.
For boys, tell him that he will experience voice changes, wet dreams, penis, and testicular growth, to the growth of hair in several parts of his body.
Give an understanding that all these changes are normal and there is no need to be ashamed if you are going through a puberty phase.
- Sexual activity
Tell your child what constitutes sexual activity, such as kissing, hugging, to sexual intercourse.
Inform that all sexual activity should only be done when they’re already married, and minors shouldn’t engage in such sexual activity.
Also, tell them that there are many risks that may be experienced if having free sex freely.
This is very important so that children have a sense of responsibility for themselves when entering adolescence.
- Sexual violence and harassment
Give an understanding of violence and sexual harassment in children, and explain that children must protect themselves by saying something or shouting if there are bad people who will tease them.
Also, explain that sex is not something that is done by means of coercion or gives fear.