Prevent adolescent problems. Adolescence is a critical period for children's gender cognition and sexual behavior development. If children receive correct sex education before puberty, it will help prevent bad problems in adolescence, such as precocious puberty, sexual harassment and sexual assault.
Help children to establish a healthy sexual concept. Sex education helps children understand the importance of sexual behavior and health, establish correct sexual concepts and values, and avoid wrong cognition and attitude towards sex.
Improve children's self-protection ability. Sex education helps children learn how to protect themselves, prevent sexual harassment and sexual assault, and improve their self-protection ability and awareness.
Cultivate children's awareness of gender equality. Sex education helps children understand the importance of gender equality, avoid gender discrimination and prejudice, and promote gender equality and respect.
Strengthen family communication and parent-child relationship. Sex education contributes to the communication and exchange between parents and children, deepens the parent-child relationship and establishes a good family environment and atmosphere.
However, if sex education is not properly explained, or it is not suitable for children's age and psychological characteristics, it may cause troubles and negative effects on children. Therefore, parents and schools should give appropriate guidance and explanation according to children's age and psychological characteristics when conducting sex education, so as to avoid over-explanation or improper explanation.