HELP FOR THE FAMILY/PARENTING -Continue Teaching Your Child About Sex

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Get involved.  No matter how awkward it may be, talking to your children about sex is your responsibility. Accept it. - Bible Principle:  PROVERBS 22:6.

 Have small discussions. Instead of having one talk, take advantage of  casual moments to communicate, perhaps while the two of you are traveling in your car or doing a chore.  To help your child open up, ask viewpoint questions.  For example, rather than saying,  "Are you attached to ads like that?"  You could say, "Why do you think those advertisers use those types images to sell their products?"  After your child answers, you could ask,  "How do you feel about that?" - Bible principle: DEUTERONOMY  6:6, 7.

Keep it age appropriate.  Preschoolers can be taught the proper names of the sex organs, as well as how to protect themselves from sexual predators.  As they grow, children can told basic facts about reproduction.  By puberty, they should have come to understand more fully the physical and moral aspects of sex. 

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