Most of the time we as parents forget
that we have the power to influence the attitudes of our kids toward sex as
well as relationships. Our goal as a parent on talking about sex with our child
is to make this topic a normal affair for them. Doing so ensures that sexual
education becomes a routine part of their life just like any other academic
subject. As a parent, it is easy for you to do so when kids are about to enter
the teenage. Here in this article, we are going to share with you the reasons
for talking to your child about physical relationships and their impacts on
their lives.
1. Satisfies their curiosity
Most of the kids look for as much
advice as they can get on sex and related things and there is no better beacon
light then parents themselves. Developing relationships or at least getting
attracted to such things as normal during teenage. Thus, there is no way that
you can prevent your child from getting fascinated by building such relations
with the opposite sex but one thing that you can do for sure is preventing them
from following the wrong ways to get the information about the same. Thereby, you
can prevent them from going astray by talking to them yourself and answering
all their questions.
Help at developing healthy relations
Instead of trying to avoid the topic
parents should be open about guiding kids towards developing healthy
romantic relationships. It is important that you as a parent talk in-depth to
your kids about love and sex. Among the rest of the important things, one thing
that you must tell your kid is the importance of consent prior to building such
relations. Not only are they supposed to know about things they are not
supposed to do but also about things that they have to do in order to ensure
safe sex.
1. Knowing their rights
Children are already aware of the
concept of consent when it comes to other scenarios like taking someone else’s
notes or toys. However, you need to make them aware of the importance of the same
when it comes to getting indulged in sexual relationships also. Just like you
cannot touch other people’s stuff without their permission, you do not have the
authority to touch someone else’s’ body either.
You as a
Parents are responsible for helping your child differentiate between intense attraction and mature love. The concept of love, infatuation
and intoxication are really complex. Most of the time children are unable to
make a difference between these feelings and end up in a wrong relationship.
You, therefore, need to tell them how a healthy relationship looks like and what
one should expect out of it.
To wrap up, these are some of the
reasons that clearly define why it is important to talk to your child about sex
and related concepts.
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