[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The topic of sexual education is one of the difficult topics for parents to talk about due to the wrong Customs and traditions in Eastern societies and they are considering it flawed and shameful things, but talking about such topics has become urgent, especially after the increase in cases of child molestation and rape recently, avoiding talking about this topic or not answering the child’s questions may have a negative result, it may push them to curiosity and search for answers to their questions from the wrong and unsafe sources.
What is the concept of sex education
Sex education is a gradual educational process in which a child learns about himself, his boundaries, real names in his body and the changes that occur in his body later, by providing him with the right information in a way that suits his age stage, and talking about sexual information with children is not considered something that encourages them to practice or explore sexual prematurely, as some believe, but it protects them from any sexual violation or abuse.
What is the importance of sex education for children
Sexual education is of great importance for children including:
1) Acceptance of the body enhances self-confidence: a child who has been properly raised sexually, becomes able at puberty to accept his body and its changes and easily cope with them.
2) A child who is aware of his body protects himself from harassment: he knows how to protect him and how to ask for help if he\she is subjected to an incident of harassment or bad touch, and knows how to express what happened in clear and correct language.
3) Qualify the child for adulthood: the child is not in a state of anxiety or fear when the natural physiological changes of his body occur.
How to talk with a child about sex education
The way to talk to children about sex education is vary by every age stages
First sexual education of children at the age of 3 :6 years
This stage is considered the stage of exploration and curiosity, so he is curious about what his gender is and why his body shape is different from his mother and whether all humans are male and female only, it is a golden stage in science and knowledge and it results in developments in the sexual aspect
How to deal with children at this stage:
1) Raising children on permission: it is the basis on which the child’s sexual boundaries are taught
2) Not to ignore the child’s questions: parents should answer his questions in a logical and proper way
3) Name of members: members must be named by their real names
4) listen to the child and dialogue with him calmly
Secondly, sexual education of children at the age of 7: 12 years
This stage is usually characterized by calm and stability, especially if the right foundation was built in the previous age stage and all his questions were answered clearly and correctly.
At this stage, the child completes his self-discovery, and for the nature of the relationships around him, he begins to ask questions about relationships, but in a more in-depth way than the previous stage, and this is very natural.
How to deal with the child at this stage:
1) Friendship and trust: it is very important to build a strong friendship between the mother or father and their child, and to be helped when turning to them, so that he always feels that he is here to help him and not to punish him
2) Knowledge of other people’s boundaries: he must differentiate what others can see from his body and what cannot be seen
3) Self-defense method: the child should be alerted to what to do if he feels an uncomfortable behavior for him, such as screaming loudly or expressing his rejection of this behavior
4) Clarify the form of relationship between him and the opposite sex
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