Gender Differences: Talking to Children About Sex

Author: Jiang Weimei
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: This book is divided into two parts: Basics and Solving Dilemmas. Through some real-life examples, it raises a serious issue: parents have an undeniable responsibility in providing sex education for their children. It suggests changing the taboo nature of this topic to open and straightforward explanations. It emphasizes understanding the characteristics and needs of children's sexual psychological development and providing timely guidance. When teaching sexual knowledge, it is important to pay attention to methods and approaches, and also to teach children how to prevent sexual harassment. Children should be made aware of which parts of their bodies are private and should not be touched by others. The book addresses many common questions, such as how to answer children's sexual inquiries and what to do if a child accidentally witnesses their parents' sexual activity, among more than thirty other issues. This book is highly recommended for parents. Many of the cases or stories introduced in this book are based on real-life experiences. They are situations that the author frequently encountered during her years of work and are also the heartfelt calls from many children and adolescents. The author has applied technical treatments to them, hiding real names and backgrounds, hoping that these real-life cases can inspire, help, and improve our parents.