Many parents report that the baby at home will do some shameful things-running around without clothes after taking a shower, touching or even playing with his sexual organs, boys lifting girls' skirts, boys and girls laughing at each other and standing/squatting to go to the toilet. ...

These small details that make adults look embarrassed are actually the baby's innate curiosity about "sex". When the baby has these situations, some parents choose to stop, avoid or even beat and scold their children, but they don't explain and guide them. The baby has no idea where he is wrong.

Talking about the color change of "sex" is a common attitude of parents to educate their daughters in the 1980s and 1990s. In our generation, it is time to treat our baby's sex education scientifically. Sex education plays an important role in children's health education. It not only affects children's physical development, but also plays a vital role in forming correct sexual attitude, sexual morality and healthy personality in the future.

Start sex education before the "sexual budding period"

Sexual germination stage-refers to the special stage of children's sexual psychological development, which will produce sexual curiosity, sexual pride, children masturbation, gender identity confusion and other phenomena. It is called "sexual germination stage" in psychology and is generally around 3 years old. In fact, before the sexual bud stage, after the baby is about 1 year old, it can gradually guide the baby to know his own gender and let TA enter the role of gender. Children aged 2-3 begin to pay attention to the physical differences between men and women, and they already know the differences between men and women after the age of 3.

How to give the baby proper sex education in the embryonic stage of his sexual psychology?

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Sex education for babies must begin with understanding the physiological differences between men and women.

You can start with cartoon images in picture books, such as the story of penis, the story of breasts and so on! Ass, Our Bodies, etc. Guide the baby to know the iconic physical characteristics such as sex organs and breasts, and let the baby naturally understand and accept the physical characteristics of himself and the opposite sex with beautiful language and beautiful images, thus generating a preliminary gender consciousness.

Babies before the age of 3 can also take turns taking parent-child baths with their parents. Mom and dad can use their bodies with their babies to guide them to know the body parts. However, parent-child bathing is not recommended to be over 3 and a half years old.

2. Privacy education

Knowing the difference in body structure between men and women and having a certain gender awareness, it is necessary to repeatedly emphasize "private parts" with your baby! Let the baby remember that the place to wear vest and underwear is the private parts! Don't expose your private parts to the outside; Outsiders are not allowed to look and touch (parents, grandparents, grandparents and other close people, as well as doctors for physical examination); You can't touch other children's private parts just because you are curious.

3. Safety education

Safety education cannot be left behind. To educate babies, if someone touches their private parts, they need to call for help loudly, tell their parents, tell their teachers, and even make noises by smashing things to attract the attention of adults. Don't touch strangers casually. You can cheat the bad guys when you are in danger. You must run first and go to a place where there are parents, teachers or security guards for help.

In scientific sex education, parents should keep in mind the principle of "respect, relaxation, frankness, guidance and intimacy", communicate with their babies with equal eyes, treat their children as independent adults, understand TA's curiosity about sex, and naturally relax and talk with their babies.