Puberty and Sex Education to Children

As parent we have responsibility to give some informations to our children regarding puberty and sex education. I understand, we have been questioning ourself when is the best time to share this informations to our children. Some might think it is a taboo thing to talk about to young children and some thought we should give them the education before they reach their puberty.

I am not a doctor, but I grew up in big family with 4 older sisters and 4 older brothers. I felt lucky that my sisters had shared some of valuable informations regarding puberty before I had reached my puberty, and of course they shared it just as far as my age would understood. With those, I passed my puberty time without any trouble and felt more responsible in taking care my life.

What kind of basic topic we should share:

• For Toddler

         - I believe we only educate them as far as understanding their own body part and the differences between girl and boy

• For Primary School Child before puberty
  

        - About the physical changes on their body when they reach their puberty, could also share the other pubertal changes of other gender
        - About looking after their own body part and the concept of privacy of own self and other people body part

• For Primary School Child after puberty

        - About what their body can do after they reach their puberty, it would include pregnancy, sex relationship, etc
        - About menstruation
        - About the diseases
        - About your expectations, values, law (of country where you live) and/or religion believe about sex

How do we start the conversation:

• For Toddler

        - It may start when a parent and a child have a shower together and the child start asking the differences

• For Primary Child

        - It may wait till your child comes up with the questions, otherwise you may ask about what your child know regarding puberty in relax time
        - Do not interrogate as if you are interfering their privacy
       - Try to make the conversation simple and easy to understand according to age and intelectual

Whether we like it or not, one day your child will go through what adult people do. I rather have my children get the basic informations from home than other source that might misleading. The world is changing really fast, a lot of things happen beyond our belief, therefore we better educate our children early in regard to protect and be responsible for themself.