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The beginning of sex education

“Daddy, why is the sky blue?” “Mom, where’s the sun tonight?” And then suddenly, like a clap of thunder – “Mommy, where do babies come from” This question usually parents squirm with embarrassment and trying to pass the ball by giving the other parent Teach children the facts. Life , telling them about the birds and bees, is something that most parents are not very comfortable. It is indeed a very narrow view of sex education. This is not only to have a sore, talk privately with your child or give them a book or be given a lecture at the school, with diagrams. Sex is not begin and end with sex. Sex can be considered as the most intimate way men and women relate to each other. For example, children whose Parents have a bad marriage find it very hard to believe that sexual intercourse is built on love and mutual respect.

“Where do babies come from?”

Parents can expect the “dreaded” question about the origin of babies around the age of three. The issue stems from natural curiosity. Parents should keep in mind that the level to three years in the understanding is rather simplistic. The child is too young to understand the concept of sexuality. The child will probably be satisfied if the mother says the baby grows in a special place in his body, the cervix or uterus and comes after nine months. The next question is likely to be – “How’s the baby?” The only way a baby is aware of how things work or while eating. Therefore, a simple answer to explain that the baby grows in a small seed implanted in the uterus sufficiently. If the children want the father’s role in the process knows, mothers can explain that the father put the seed in the mother. As to how babies can be on children said that once the baby has grown enough the mother has a special opening called the vagina. Sex education is something that happens in stages. A child of three years, would be satisfied if he simply said that the father is the seed that grows into a baby. Again, parents should remember to keep things simple. Some children may not bring up the subject altogether. The parents of these children assume that their children are innocent. But in all likelihood, the parents of these children have to feel, perhaps inadvertently, that the way babies are made is something of a taboo and not open to discussion. These parents have their ears open for indirect questions, advice and jokes that indicate that the child is curious, but afraid of a direct question. So, a little boy stabbed constantly please her pregnant mother that she thick or a little girl to her mother to ask how their dog had puppies. Parents need to understand that their children are shy about asking these questions directly and take this opportunity to explain a little human reproduction.

Some parents prefer fiction to fact when discussing sex with their children. A euphemism commonly used by parents is that the stork or an angel brought the child. Such stories tend to return, because the child, proof of the growing baby in the womb to see every day. The child immediately feels her parents are evasive on the issue and he has to find the truth, sooner or later. Parents are in danger of losing his confidence, because it is not sure when they can choose to lie or tell half-truths it. In addition, the question of how babies were made to gain importance as evidenced by parents nervous and timid approach. Young people and sex

Parents who have passed the “where babies come from?” Boys see an increase in body hair, their voices cracking, their penis and testes grow and they begin to have nocturnal emissions or “wet dreams.” sons and daughters suddenly become impossible to handle. They are constantly irritable and sensitive, they seem to glory in the struggle and love, play on rebel. This is the stage at which most parents want their children were babies again.

Most young people are very aware and sensitive to their appearance and changes in their bodies. Parents should help their children adapt to their changing body and sexual maturation. That’s life in which children should be informed about sexuality, the sexual act and its consequences. Sometimes parents can take the initiative to approach the subject. If you are a parent, is shy of a private discussion with your child, tell him how you feel. This will serve both parent and child at ease.

Menstruation

Menstruation marks of puberty in girls. Sometimes the girls start to menstruate before they are asked or are aware of what it means. The tone in which mothers take when it comes to menstruation will affect the attitudes of their daughters. Some mothers describe as a curse, some mothers are embarrassed and “code words” used to refer, others point out that this is a “sensitive” period for women. While some women experience tenderness cramps, bloating and breast, these symptoms are rarely severe enough to stop life. When a girl on the threshold of the woman, he does not feel fear, embarrassment or resentment. Mothers should give their daughters the idea that menstruation is a rite of passage, part of growth and something to be looked at.

Nocturnal emissions

Once the boys reached the age of puberty, they begin to érections nocturnal emissions to obtain. Nocturnal emissions or “wet dreams” are the result of ejaculation during sleep often caused by a dream of a sexual nature. Parents must be careful not to their son or daughter feel like masturbation and erotic dreams are “dirty” or against-nature itself. The question more down-to-parents are, the healthier attitude toward her children.

It is not just physical

It is important that children with the emotional aspects of sexuality to understand. Thus, while most schools usually organize a conference on the subject, these conversations tend to be quite clinical and impersonal and confine themselves to the physicality of sex. Parents should tell their children that they may be attracted to other people in their lives, some can not be enthusiasm, while others may develop long term relationships. Teens need to realize that their own body to do what they please, according to their wishes, and after exercise common sense. There is a common misconception among parents that open communication about sexual feelings and the sexual act, the effect of increasing the likelihood that young people are sexually active. Instead, parents openly about sex, naturally, just equip children with the necessary knowledge so that when they decide they are ready to be sexually active, they will be an informed decision and understand its consequences. Many children go through life with warped ideas about sex merely because their parents were too embarrassed to talk about it. These children are left to gradually gather information from friends, books and the media and the conclusions they draw are not necessarily good.

Now teenagers start having sex at a young age, and this changes the rules of the game everyone knows that parents should talk to their children sex education, but the lines are not so clear on sex education in schools. How our children about sex and could not endorse a decision that our school system? The argument of sex education in schools

Support those who say that because children are not the right amount of information in the home and the school is some improvement in the subject for parents who talk with their children. Schools have been known to provide condoms and other measures to help ensure that our children are not taking place. They say that sex education that children who are sexually active to safely help you. Some even claim that sex education in schools can effectively avoid sex at a young age.

The argument against sex education in schools

As a parent, I am a firm stance against sex education in schools. Sex education in schools can run contrary to what the parent feels is appropriate, and the parent must have the last word. For example:

Sally taught at home that sex before marriage is bad, and they do not go to sex right now. Sally then goes to school and attends class on sex education. The teacher in the classroom gives the message that students should wear condoms when sexually active, and other similar, while at the same time, distributing condoms.

This sends the wrong message to teenagers compared to what Sally was taught at home, and can blur the lines that the parent has established for their children.

Sex education is something that should be taught at home, at school and then supported by the basic sex education. Children learn how sex and the consequences of early sexual activity is a good thing. Although both arguments are certainly worthy, I think parents should be aware of everything that is taught to children in schools where sex is concerned. Parents are not informed of these facts, and when they contradict what the parent feels for their child, it’s just bad.

Sex education

Sex education is the process of acquiring information and forming attitudes and beliefs about sex, gender identity, relationships and intimacy. It is also a term used to describe education about human sexual anatomy, sexual reproduction, sex, reproductive health, emotional relationships and other aspects of human sexual behavior. It is generally accepted that the right to education of young people about sex. Some of the information that these young people can sometimes be contradictory and confusing. The media can promote the idea that a sexually active population is a mature and confident. On the other hand, some health messages still hammer on the negative effects of sex, such as contracting a sexually transmitted infection, unwanted pregnancies, etc. Sex education must involve finding what young people know the sex, adding to their existing knowledge and to correct any misinformation they may have.

People get information about sex from different sources. It could be through the media, friends, parents, schools and health facilities. It is said that formal or informal, depending on the source. Objectives of sex education

The main purpose of sex education is the risk of reducing the negative consequences of risky sexual behavior. It is a means by which young people learn and adopt the right attitude towards sex. The aim is to inform people about the dangers of risky sexual behaviors that can lead to unwanted pregnancies among teenagers, of contracting a sexually transmitted infection including HIV, among other complications. It helps young people a positive outlook on sex and sexuality. It will help improve relations between young people. But also young people against sexual abuse.

When to start sex education?

At what age should children be able to follow the concepts taught in sex education to understand? Should be postponed until people are sexually active before they are exposed? Then taught at a young age, it is to encourage young people to have sex? People are concerned that providing information on sex and sexuality arouses curiosity and lead to sexual experiences. Contrary to this, studies have shown that sex education does not increase sexual activity. Or decrease in sexual activity, or increase rates of condom use. The exact age should depend on the physical, emotional and intellectual development of young people and their level of information.

The curriculum of sex education

The question of how much information should be given to young people in sex education is still very controversial. The content varies, mostly in schools in different countries. Different people have their opinions and attitudes about sex, and this usually affects their willingness to accept sex education, arguing that what is taught moral inclinations may disagree. In the field of sex education, Pope John Paul II in his Apostolic Letter Familiaris Consortio law, ordered that the parents “to give their children a clear and sensitive education” and “ideologies, as opposed to Christian faith are taught in schools, the family must join with other families and help children not to depart from the faith. ”