Sexual education of children and adolescents. When to start?

Швед, Ольга (2024) Sexual education of children and adolescents. When to start? Соціальна педагогіка: теорія і практика, 4. pp. 43-50. ISSN 1817-3764

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Abstract

Sexual education should be started, as experts say, from the age of 1.5 years old. Sexuality, sexual relations, falling in love, love are part of every person’s life, children and adolescents should be prepared for this. It is important for children to know how to maintain reproductive health, how to build relationships correctly, what dangers sexual relations pose, how to protect yourself from unwanted infections and other negative phenomena. Children develop biologically earlier and, unfortunately, we cannot stop early sexual relations, but the sexual experience of adolescents often ends in abortion, as evidenced by the data presented in the article, so sexual education is necessary. The purpose of the article is to familiarize teachers, social pedagogues, and parents with the possibilities of introducing children to the sexual sphere. How to talk about it, who should talk about it, and when? The article presents a detailed interview with a well-known specialist in the field of sexual education, who provides useful recommendations for adults who can influence children and adolescents and should be involved in education at different age intervals. The article describes the author’s own experience in working on the topic of preserving reproductive health and sexual education of young people. In Ukraine, the Ministry of Education and Science has approved many textbooks for children and adolescents of different ages, which are reviewed by the author in this article, and teachers who are involved in this topic are advised to choose the best ones from the large number of proposed ones if they want to cover this topic. In addition, there are specialists who work in this field and offer their services in education, but such offers should be treated with caution and only qualified and certified ones should be chosen. The study used content analysis of secondary school textbooks, interviews with 4 teachers and 2 experts.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sexuality education; children; adolescents; role of teachers and parents; textbook analysis
Subjects:	Статті у періодичних виданнях > Фахові (входять до переліку фахових, затверджений МОН)
Divisions:	Факультет психології, соціальної роботи та спеціальної освіти > Кафедра соціальної педагогіки та соціальної роботи
Depositing User:	Ольга Володимирівна Швед
Date Deposited:	25 Mar 2025 10:47
Last Modified:	25 Mar 2025 10:47
URI:	https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/51390

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