We think it is necessary to educate children about sex in kindergartens for the following reasons.
First of all, sex education in kindergartens helps children learn to protect themselves.
In recent years, cases of sexual assault against children have been repeatedly banned. When this happens, we just habitually blame criminals, but seldom think about children's problems. If children have the ability to protect themselves, will such tragedies be much less? Then, parents and teachers should educate their children to take precautions as soon as possible and enhance their awareness of self-protection.
Only by starting children's sex education in time can children enhance their defense awareness and self-protection ability, thus reducing and avoiding these vicious incidents.
Secondly, sex education in kindergartens conforms to the laws of children's physical and psychological development.
Related research shows that from the age of two and a half, children show a sense of gender discrimination. In the meantime, they will ask many questions related to it.
For example, some boys often ask their fathers why their mothers are different from us. Why do girls wear skirts? Why do girls have dancing skirts and shoes? Why don't boys? Why do girls have long hair? Girls will ask their mothers, why are we different from our fathers? They will also observe many differences between mom and dad.
What puzzles them even more is why dad has a thick beard and mom doesn't.
All these show that kindergarten children have already had gender awareness. In fact, this is a natural physiological phenomenon. Parents and teachers should face these problems correctly and tell them in a way that they can understand.
These also provide inspiring education opportunities for parents and teachers. As long as we make good use of these problems, we will be one step closer to sexual enlightenment education.