Do children need sex education when they are young? Children's education should avoid falling into these misunderstandings

The issue of sex education remains a contentious and highly controversial topic among all parties. In recent years, cases of children being violated have been common, and more and more parents are realizing the importance of sex education. However, if not through systematic learning, it is easy to enter the wrong areas of sex education. The existence of these wrong areas can cause parents to miss the important period of sex education or fail to provide effective sex education, delaying the growth of their children.

What misconceptions are parents prone to when conducting sex education?

1. Children are still young and do not need sex education

Many parents believe that sex education must enter at least adolescence when their children grow up. This idea is wrong, only those who harm children don't have to worry about their young age. Even children aged five or six can take action. Parents must protect their children and provide them with sex education as soon as possible. After the age of one, sex education can begin. Different age groups of children have different emphasis on sex education, and parents should master it well.

2. Sex education will soon come into contact with children's sexual life

Some parents are afraid of ending sex education and fear that after giving their children sex education, their children will soon have sex. This is the wrong area, sex education and contact are two things. Parents should provide relevant guidance and convey correct sexual values. Children have a sense of right and wrong, knowing what to do and what not to do, what is the most important thing to do at this stage, and what is the most untouchable thing to do at this stage. If a child goes astray for a while, and parents receive relevant sex education, they can help the child protect themselves sexually and avoid issues such as unintended pregnancy or sexual violence.

3. Sex education is accessible without a teacher

It is true that the older generation does not carry out sex education, and the generation of their parents can grow up, but the times are different, and the information explosion spreads rapidly. Without sex education, it is easy to go astray. Many adults are still in a state of sexual ignorance, at least adults can protect themselves, but minors are easily influenced by bad information, easily confused by bad people, harmed, and harmed. Parents should not assume that their children will naturally learn sexual skills as they grow up. Although sexual skills can be taught without a teacher, they are not equivalent to sex education.