What to do if a child is found playing with their genitals? How to Guide Children's Sexual Cognition Correctly

Dr. Mary Calderon, an American sex education expert, believes that sex education for young children before the age of 5 is particularly important and effective in establishing a healthy sexual psychology.

How to Guide Children's Sexual Cognition Correctly

Due to the fact that young children's sexual behavior during early childhood is mostly unconscious and lacks adult sexual desire and true sexual behavior, they are only motivated by curiosity. Parents must correctly guide these sexual behaviors and activities of young children.

When young children play with their genitals or play sexual games, parents should not panic. They should be taught to be hygienic, take care of their bodies and organs, and use other games to attract their attention. When young children ask awkward questions, parents should calmly answer them, teaching them simple and easy to understand sexual knowledge, and helping them establish correct sexual concepts from a young age. Parents should view their children's positive problems as a positive learning process, not be surprised, scold angrily, and actively help their children's cognitive development.

When young children enter puberty, as their physiological development gradually improves and their secondary sexual characteristics become more apparent, their sexual awareness also begins to awaken, and they develop a strong curiosity and liking for the opposite sex. At this point, parents should help young children understand knowledge related to sexual and physiological development.

Correctly facing issues such as menarche and ejaculation, having a correct understanding of masturbation and other issues in young children, and enabling them to learn how to interact with the opposite sex correctly, learn to protect themselves, adjust their emotions and emotions in a timely manner, and avoid phenomena such as early love and early pregnancy.