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My daughter's class is having their sexual ed. course coming up,& my husband & I have decided to talk to her about it at home instead of the teachers. It's a very important for me to make sure that I talk to her about this in the right way & answer her questions right. I would appretiate any help you can give on some web sites I can go to or some books at the libray. Thank You.
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by Konstance McCaffree: (05/26/2004)
I am very glad that you are going to be talking with your daughter about sexuality and sexual health, growth and development. It is very important for parents to have an ongoing discussion with their children on sexuality, so that children have a ready resource when questions arise.
You didn't indicate what age your daughter is so I will be recommending several resources appropriate for different age groups and you can decide which ones may be most appropriate for her age. There are also several web sites that you may go to that will give help as a parent. The different sites may each have different information and support varying values so you will need to choose ones that seem best for you.
For example, some books that provide a very positive view of a person's developing sexuality you may want to look for:
Books by Robie Harris - she is a mother of four children and has written for very young children "Happy Birth Day"!, for 6-8 year olds "It's So Amazing" and for puberty age children "It's Perfectly Normal". You can also find books for junior high age children by Lynda Madaras that are very accurate and informative. I always worry that some of the books may give you misinformation and none of the above mentioned will.
Web sites to visit to help you might be: www.siecus.org, www.opentalk.org, www.kff.org, www.adovcatesforyouth.org -- www.kidshealth.org and for older teens www.teenwire.com, www.sxetc.org
The above sites are a range of sites for a range of ages as well and since I didn't know the age I gave you the range.
Please feel free to write back with more questions as I am a teacher in the schools with children and their parents so I help parents with these discussions as well.
I would hope that you would consider letting your daughter also take the classes in school because this is a topic where children can learn well from having many exposures to education, as we allow them to have with other things. You can always discuss what she is doing in school with her at home and that can enhance your conversations with her as well. Learning about everyone's values on these issues is important for children as they can begin to see the world does have different views, and they need to sort out which information is helpful for them. In this case it "takes a village" to raise a sexually healthy child- parents, teachers, religious leaders, community, friends, etc.Reviewed by Sexual Health Editorial Team
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