Your kid is never too young to learn about sex
Nov 17, 2011, 12:23 PM | Updated: 2:32 pm
Parents tend to spend a lot of time worrying about their children. That includes times spent by parents worrying whether they’re raising their kids ‘right.’
Are they eating right? Fruits and vegetables are vital.
Are they watching appropriate TV? Keep it off premium channels and stick to Disney, Nick and PBS, and you’re probably alright.
Are they hanging out with the right friends? Just make sure you talk to your kids about drugs and stop them from skipping school before their friends talk them into illicit activities.
 Some experts suggest you start talking to your kids about sex as soon as they can talk (AP Photo/File) |
But at what age should you tell your kids about the wonders of life, the birds and the bees, the three-letter word: Sex?
According to , it’s time to skip “the talk” and teach your kids about sex as soon as they can talk.
For parents who just broke out in a frantic sweat about what to tell their 2-year-old, stop panicking. There are phases in which you talk to your kids, based on their level of understanding.
In preschool, experts say it’s just important that kids know the proper names for parts. It all makes sense, don’t teach them to be afraid of words, .
Between ages 5 and 8, they suggest parents start explaining puberty. It could help to understand a little, or know that a big change is coming before big changes show up and kids get extra awkward.
While it might seem like 5-years-old is too young to be talking to your kids about the horizontal hula, think to recent scandals highlighted in the news. Sometimes it’s just the latest affair a political leader has had. Other times, it might be a story or incident that should also serve as a teaching opportunity.
If you think – ‘my kids have been in the car when they’ve talked about Jerry Sandusky on the radio or have seen the news reports on TV, but I haven’t worried because they don’t know what it means yet,’ you should think about addressing it with them anyway. It could be a good time to address the issues of ‘good touch vs. bad touch,’ and ‘it’s not okay if a man does this to you like this, so you should tell your mom and dad.’
The conversation continues through the teen years and gets a little bit more sophisticated. Perhaps it’s just time to get the conversation started so that it can keep going.
