Introduction: Nowadays, children have extensive information and precocious thoughts, so sex education has become an unavoidable task. However, many teachers and parents don't know how to deal with this problem. Experts say that the earlier children receive sex education, the better. Covering up is counterproductive.

Pupils buy "sets" on the roadside. Parents are embarrassed. Experts say that parents and schools are equally responsible.

Recently, a netizen posted in a website forum that her son, who was in the sixth grade of primary school, bought a condom on the roadside. She wanted to explain this to her son, but she felt embarrassed, so she asked the netizens for advice.

In fact, how to talk about sex with primary school students is a problem for parents and schools. So, what is the situation of sex education in primary schools in Guangzhou? How to face sex education squarely? To this end, the reporter visited the municipal education department, some schools and communities for several days. Let's listen to the views of teachers, parents and experts on this issue.

I don't know how to teach parents to ask for help online.

Recently, a netizen posted on a website forum in Guangzhou, saying, "Last night, my son told me in a low voice that he and several classmates bought a condom with 1 yuan coins in the contraceptive box near the school for research. He knows how to use it and where to use it. I am super speechless, he is just a sixth-grade pupil. " Subsequently, the netizen asked the netizen for help in the forum and asked how to explain the matter to his son.

Coincidentally, a female teacher who has been engaged in primary education for many years also told reporters about her similar personal experience. "Aren't there condom vending machines in many places outside? My son was curious when he saw it and came to ask me what condoms were for. Suddenly, I felt very embarrassed. " The senior teacher and mother said that she didn't know how to explain it best, but she didn't want to be too clear.

Children's parents

The sooner you face it, the better.

The reporter interviewed a number of parents about sex education for primary school students, and everyone said that "the sooner you face it calmly, the better." Ms. Chen, who lives in a certain district of Guangzhou Avenue, shared her parenting experience. She said that the sex education for her daughter Fan Fan, who is in the fifth grade of primary school this year, can be said to have started from birth. At first I taught Fanfan the difference between men and women, and later I taught her the names of various organs in her body. Because she was afraid that if her daughter was hurt, she could not express it accurately, so she described it in scientific language from the beginning, "no children's language, no pronouns."

"Don't fool the children." Ms. Chen admits that there are more and more ways for children to get in touch with sexual knowledge. If you are as secretive as before, parents themselves will look at this problem with colored glasses, and children will only absorb sexual information from other places, which is absolutely not good for their education.

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There are many lectures on adolescent health education in primary schools.

The reporter learned that the primary schools in Guangzhou basically set up the content of physical health or adolescent health education, but it is not a permanent course, and it mostly appears in the form of special lectures.

Teacher Liang of Peizheng Primary School introduced that since the fifth grade, the school will arrange a lecture on physical health knowledge for school doctors every semester to teach children to know their own bodies, especially the development of secondary sexual characteristics. When I went to study agriculture in the next semester of the fifth grade, there was another lecture on adolescent health education for boys and girls.

Li Huiyan, the principal of Guangzhong Road Primary School in Yuexiu District, said that every semester, students in grades four to six will receive adolescent education, and boys and girls will be divided into classes, which will be informed by doctors in community health centers. Li Huiyan believes that sex education is an indispensable part of school education, but what to say and how to say it really need careful consideration. To put it simply, the child's question has not been answered, and it is inevitable to be curious; I spoke in depth, but I was afraid that the children would think too much.

Parents of experts should also take corresponding courses.

It is understood that at present, sexual health education in some primary schools in Guangzhou takes the form of separate classes for men and women, that is, male teachers give classes to male students and female teachers give classes to female students. In this regard, Hu Peicheng, a professor and sexologist in the Department of Medical Psychology of Peking University School of Medicine, said that this teaching form has advantages and disadvantages: men and women receive sexual health education separately, "children are not easy to be embarrassed", which makes classroom teaching easier; But separate teaching is not conducive to mutual understanding and classroom interaction between men and women. Compared with taking classes together, this will reduce the effect of classroom teaching to some extent.

Professor Hu emphasized that parents and schools have the same responsibility for sexual health education for primary school students, but the role of parents is more special. "Parents are children's first teachers."

Professor Hu admits that mainland parents often avoid or do not directly answer their children's sex-related questions, and lack the ability to correctly guide and help their children in life. Therefore, Professor Hu suggested that some schools offer courses for parents, from which parents can systematically learn how to conduct correct sex education for their children during their growth.