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When should children be educated about sex?
In stages, as needed.
Build an environment of trust. Let them take the lead. Pay attention and there will be opportune times to have all of those things— I.e., “teachable moments”. Honestly though, it’s not a one shot deal. It starts off when they are just wee ones and you use the correct anatomical terms for their private parts.
as soon as it becomes vaguely relevant (they start talking/asking about it, they see something on the news, their friends mention something, an adult in the vicinity says something relating to sex). if you "protect" children from knowing about sex, you are doing them a disservice. some people have no idea how much groping, sexual abuse, sexual assault kids endure when they're younger but the kid has no clue what's happening because no one taught them what constitutes appropriate touching vs. what is non-consensual & sexual touching.
Not as children. Just talking about loving each other when we mean having sex. Nothing about an errect penis that needs to penetrate the vagina etc.
As soon as they start asking about it in any form.
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