The basic goals in sex education
The following six suggestions list a few goals which loving parents
may hope to accomplish.
That he might learn
to give and receive love: Sex education should help the child to be both
loving and lovable. Children should be
able to give love and to receive love as well. A baby thrives on love of his
parents and family and he learns to trust them and give love in return. When a
child begins school, his circle of love expands as he makes friends and meets
teachers. In preteen years he develops friends of his own age and sex. Then in
adolescence he transfers his devotion to certain members of opposite sex. Wise
parents will help their children progress steadily from one step to the next in
this pattern of giving and receiving love.
That he may be satisfied
with his sex role: One of the most important aspects of sex education is
that of teaching healthy masculine and feminine identification. Sexuality
involves the name given at birth, the toys played with, the clothes worn, the
friends played with, the choice of courses in school, the way the roles and
responsibilities in the home are viewed and last, the way in which sexual needs
and urges are satisfied by responsible and committed human beings. Parents must teach their boy to be glad he is
a boy and their girl to be pleased she is a girl. This satisfaction comes
through the girls’ admiration for her mother and a boy’s respect for his
father. During the transitional ages especially in early adolescence a child
may find difficulties accepting his or her sexual identity. Some girls feel no
pride in being feminine and actually fearing to be women. Many boys especially
when they are small in stature than others fear that they may not be able to
real men. The respect and love which parents
show each other help teach that both men and women have a worthy place in life.
Parents can also reassure their child that they love and appreciate him for
what he is.
That he may respect his own body: A child should respect his body
and feel that each part of it is good and has a good purpose. The way the child
feels about himself will largely reflect his parents’ attitude toward his body.
That he will
understand and accept bodily changes: A closely related goal is that the Child
should be prepared for the bodily changes that come as he grows out of
childhood to adolescence. He should learn to accept those changes as a normal
part of development. Both boys and girls need also to understand the changes
that occur in the other sex. The changes of course include: becoming muscular;
deepening of voice; enlargement of the sexual organ; development of hair in arm
pits, around pubis, and face; greater attraction to females in the males; and
widening of hips; development of soft voices; enlargement of sexual organs;
development of hair in armpits, and around the pubis; greater attraction to
males.
That he will know and appreciate how life began: Children have a
great curiosity about how life begins, how a baby develops and how he is born.
That he may
eventually live by sound standards of sexual conduct: One of the chief aims
of sex education is to help a child develop standards of sexual conduct.
Parents can best teach their child morality through a healthy parent-child
relationship during the early years. He can be taught to respect what his
parents believe and accept what they recommend him. A child should also learn
loyalty to god. The youngster who understands this truth is likely to live a
moral life in the midst of an immoral society.
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