Teaching Kids About Safe Touch, Consent, Bodies and Sex
When it comes to learning about sex, children learn from several different sources including parents, peers, schools, the internet, media, and religious institutions. However, parents are a child’s most important role model.
Talking to your child frequently about sexuality throughout their childhood can improve their feelings of self-worth and can also increase the likelihood that they will feel comfortable coming to you with questions or advice later in life. Children who feel that they can talk with their parents openly and honestly about sex are also less likely to engage in high-risk behaviour as teens than kids who do not feel they can talk with their parents.
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