Importance of Sex Education for Early Childhood

Children should acquire sex education at an early age. It is important to prevent the development of negative thoughts in children, especially if the child has begun to recognize information from media such as television, Internet, books and so on.This was conveyed by dr. Eka Viora, Sp.K.J. in Talkshow "How to Talk Sex in Children?", held at the Ballroom Asri Medical Centre (AMC), University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY) on Saturday (29/09). Talk show aims to commemorate World Mental Health Day which falls on October 10, held in cooperation with the Faculty of Medicine (FK) UMY, Asri Medical Centre, Child and Adolescent Health Association of Indonesia (Akeswari) Yogyakarta branch, and the Association of Physician Specialists Medical Life ( PDSKGJI) Yogyakarta branch.According to Eka, sex education for early childhood should be done, because it will affect the child's life as a teenager. "During this time, sex education is considered taboo in the community. they argue that sex education has not deserved by younger children, but sex education is very influential for the child's life as a teenager. Because they will be careful with dangerous treatment that would be acceptable, such as sexual harassment, "he explained.Eka said, parents are the main actors in early childhood education. "Parents are the primary vehicle for learning for children, because the parents is the most appropriate to provide sex education at an early age," he explained.Eka also add early childhood have a high curiosity, just how parents answer questions posed by them. "One important thing is to answer the child's questions honestly and with a more refined language, so that children can understand well. But also do not mean to be explained in detail, because it will only make the child feel confused ", he added.Eka cited frequently asked the child to the parents, such as "mama, we are born from?", "Daddy, what's a wet dream?" Or if the child asks about the names of organs, parents will only answer with the answer does not match reality. "Parents should not be ashamed to answer her questions, give an appropriate answer to the child, not the answer to the terms or other words. Suppose such as the vagina or penis, in other words do not be termed as "Apem" or "bird", he explained.While dr. Warih A Puspitosari, M.Sc, Sp.K.J. which is also one of the professors FK UMY well as other sources of the event explained that early sex education does not mean teaching how to have sex. "But sex education at an early age explains organs of human beings and what is its function," he explained.In addition to the talk show about sex on How to Talk to Children in commemoration of World Mental Health Day, will be held on Art Therapy workshop to be held at the AMC on Sunday (30/9) and the workshop of Mental Health Services at Campus Health Center at the University of Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta Integrated on the same day. (IBDA / Sakinah)Leave a Commen