help please

Stephanie - posted on 03/25/2010

I believe it's definitely too young. That kind of terminology is important but at that age basic concepts (private parts, under your bathsuit, etc..) work best in my opinion. Unfortunetly, we try to grow our children too fast.

Bronwyn - posted on 03/24/2010

in alot of the baby books they talk about baby massages if you have a look they explain that even from day one you ask if you can massage them to teach them good and bad but i disagree with having to tell 4year olds about sexual abuse with those words... im sure there are kids stories that mention not letting other people touch place or things that are thiers

Jennifer - posted on 03/23/2010

I have a 8 year old daughter and a 5 year old son. my daughter learned about sexual abuse in school and at home when she was 4-5 years of age. i believe that children need to understand good touch and bad touch as soon as they can talk about there privates. I feel if you are not doing anything wrong to your child that would warrant abuse that u have nothing to worry about they will learn it any way

Mandi - posted on 03/18/2010

At that age, it is a parents choice as to how much their child needs to know when it comes to personal things such as this. As the children get older and they are startign to experience the changes of life then I understand having sex ed but not that young. I appreciate schools teaching safety and that it is not ok for someone to touch you in your private areas or to make you touch them in their private areas, however that is the wording I am ok with them using.

Hazel - posted on 03/17/2010

yes i agree...kids now are different...they can comprehend already...i have a 4year old niece abused by our driver...he touched her...we told her that her body belongs to her and that nobody should touch it...we dont have to elaborate each details but we made it a point that she understood everything...abuser doesnt choose age...so we must educate them the earlier the better....

Amanda - posted on 03/17/2010

i understand where you are comming from but you also need to put into persepective that not all parents are really the best parents. so in certain cases i believe its a good thang because it could benifit another familys child maybe not yours but there are plenty of irresponsible parents out there that dont explain these things to their children and those are the kids that most of the time are being abused and dont understand whats going on and cant explain it to ne one else because they havent been taught.. but if it was my kid i would want to teach her my own way of it.

Kekua - posted on 03/17/2010

i think that's way too young to introduce them to too much detail and, honestly, i would hate for my kids to have the awareness that there are people who do things like that. i think it's just not age-appropriate. penis and vagina are, i think, appropriate. and you can teach them to be careful and aware of their body (and not letting others touch it) without exposing them to sexual abuse.

Karly - posted on 03/16/2010

I think kindy is a bit young they dont understand half the things they teach them but you will probly find they will do a class once a year it starts out pretty kidish just explaining the difference between girls and boys and progress a little each time. well thats what its like where im from. the one good thing about the school teaching them is that you dont have to lol. my son is nearly 3 and he already knows that girls and boys are different mainly because i have neices and he got very worried when they didnt have a willy so i had to explain that to him lol