What good cases of children’s sex education have you seen?

I have recently been reading a book called "Parents' Words", which introduces some skills on how to communicate with children in our lives. I think it is very good. Among them, there is a topic about sex education. The question is: Mom, where do I come from?

I compiled it and shared it with you, hoping to inspire you.

My child is in the first grade. He heard the teacher say that chicks are hatched by chicken mothers, and fish are born by fish mothers. However, a classmate in the class told the child that his parents paid for his phone bill as a gift. The child went home and asked his mother, also wanting to know where he came from.

Talk advice: Don’t evade, answer calmly

“Your parents brought you from far away.” (×)

The result is : Children inquire deeply and become more curious about their own life experience.

It would be better to say this:

"You were born from your mother's belly." (√)

The result is: the child's curiosity is When I am satisfied, I am my mother’s biological child.

I think many parents talk about sex and have a lot of misunderstandings about sex education, so issues involving sex education will be very embarrassing. If parents deliberately change the topic to avoid answering, the children will become more curious and even obtain sexual knowledge through some improper channels.

In fact, the scope of sex education is very broad, including not only sex itself, but also the understanding of gender, understanding of body organs, and safety education. Parents should not shy away when their children raise questions about sex. For example, tell the child "You were born from your mother's belly." If the child no longer asks questions, it means that your answer has satisfied his curiosity.

When parents face questions from their children, positive and scientific answers are the way to start sex education.

Don’t be fooled, answer scientifically

“You picked it up from the trash can.” (×)

The result is: the child will be confused. Face blank.

It would be better to say this:

"You were born after your mother was pregnant for ten months." (V)

The result is: the child knows that he It's my mother's biological child, I love my mother even more.

Parents who fail to take sex education seriously will only pass on wrong sexual concepts to their children. For some parents, scientific terms such as "breast" that are too shy to speak are as much a part of the body as eyes, noses, and ears in the eyes of their children. The more calm you speak, the more normal your child will feel.

Not jerky, simple answer

"Come here, baby, today mom will tell you about the origin of life." (×)

The result is: the child is not interested Or maybe it feels a little strange.

It would be better to say this:

"There is a small house in your mother's belly. It is very warm and you grew up there." (√)

The result is: the child's curiosity is satisfied and he knows that he is his mother's favorite baby.

When a child cannot understand scientific organ terms, parents can use more vivid and intuitive metaphors to explain it to him. For example, in an Indian film and television work, a father uses a bird breaking out of its shell as a metaphor for the birth of a baby. No matter how old the child is, you can follow the child's curiosity and use expressions that the child can understand to provide appropriate sex education.