The earlier, we start talking with children about sexuality, even we are very youngest, it's better because that will only increase our chance of continuing the conversation about sexual health which children throughout their growing up years, all the way through puberty and adolescence. There are several responsible children and teens about sexuality. Many of these can help adults figure out what information that kids need at every age and stage then can give adults the language they need to talk with their kids about this complicated topic.
The best way to talk with kids are directly, honestly, in age appropriate way by giving them straight forward and accurate information. Sharing a book about sexual health with a young child, or letting an older read one independently, often leads to questions and conversations about sexual health, and can also address concerns and misinformation that kids may have and wonder or worry about.
There are real and serious risks when children comes to sex without education such as, including getting or passing on an infection like HIV, or becoming pregnant when you are too young to take care of a baby. Now most older kids have access to take technologies that make "sex" possible and give kids access to sites that can be full of misinformation about sexual health creating serious new risks to them.
Talking to kids and providing them with responsible books and websites are tools can use to help them stay healthy throughout children and adolescence. Educating them is one of the most effective prevention tools that we have. Most often, parents are their children's first sex education teachers. But as kids grow older, their doctor or nurse, classroom teacher, librarian, science teacher, or something clergy member also can help educate kids. When kids grow up in communities that support sex education, they have chances that many kids an teens will be able to make healthy decisions about their bodies and sexual health. So they can grow up to be healthy adults.
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