Sex Education for Younger Children

April 2008 I got a phone call from my son's school. His school said that he had been asking questions about private areas on his body and why they are different from the girls. I at first freaked out because I was not expecting something like that so soon. I thought to myself about how I was going to talk to him about it. The school was really understanding and said that he is not the only one to ask at his age. I asked the school about when should I talk to him about these things because he is only 6 years old. The school said that they had a program for children like him that would probably be good. They called it eirly child sex education. What the program was for was to teach younger children about the different body parts and why they were different fron eachother. I know that most parents would think that this is wrong but here are some senerios that no parent wants to go through:

Senario one:

You get a call from your child's friend's mom saying that you should come over right away. You ask what is going on and she tells you that she just cought your child and her child doing somthing that is not appropriate. You go over to where your child is. You sit down with the other mother and talk to your child but all you and the other mom say is, " you should not do that because it is bad". You get the question, Why is it bad? How do you explain this with out going into deatails of why it is bad.

TIP:

You know that it is hard to talk to your children about these things because it embaresses all of us. Your child does these things because as they grow and learn they pick up things on the way. Children as eirly as 6 years old can start to feel their bodies change as they get older. Some children this young could even just pick up some things by what other children say in school or on the playground. As the parent you need to be prepared for this sort of thing. I know that it is a scary thought but you will have to deal with it sooner or later.

Senario Two: