Academic Persuasive Essay : the Importance of Child Sex Education

 The Importance of Child Sex Education

Talking about sex in early childhood is still a controversial issue among society in Indonesia. Mostly think that it is inappropriate to talk about vital organ which are truly a big secret for them. They also afraid that instead of giving vivid boundary about sex, they will mislead their children because they do not really know how are the best way to tell about sex to their children. Children are little curious creatures which are interested in anything around them including sex. However, they get less information about sex. Here, parents take a very important role in order to educate their children. Giving sex education to their children is one of responsibilities that they have to take off. Parents should give the right information about sex because child sex education is very important to children. There are three benefits of talking sex education to children in terms of children development.

The first benefit of talking child sex education is that it helps children understand how their body changes. According to Pedus, the co-founder of Child Aid Survival and Development International (CASDI), sex education aids the children to get the information that they need in order to understand their body and to act right towards the role that they have to do whether it is being ‘real-male’ or ‘female’. The basic education comes from the smallest unit in the society; in this case family. By giving sex education to the children, parents aim their children to behave in a right way. Parents teach about gender, vital organ and its function to their children. They have to explain that there are only two genders which are male and female. They also have to explain that sexuality is a normal thing that every people will experience these kinds of things. As children grow up, there will be some changes in the certain parts of their body. Such as grow up of the breasts for girls and the six pack chest for boys. Human beings need the reproduction tools to content their sexual proclivity, which so why as they grow older there will be some shapes and functions changes in the certain parts of the body. Parents should explain for instance about the changes of the breasts for woman is needed since it uses to feed their future babies. While the six pack chest for man is needed for man is the one who have responsibility to gain the basic necessity of life (to work).   

The second benefit of giving child sex education is that it prevents children to reap the wrong information about sexuality. According to an essay posted in www.aboutkidshealth.ca, a blog of a hospital for sick children in Canada, not communicating about sex among children and parents is likely lead the children to be in an uncontrolled condition. When parents do not talk about sex to their children, they will find the information about sex by themselves. They will access the Internet and surf that cyber space without any supervision from their parents. Then in the Internet they will possibly access everything includes adult sites. The information in the Internet is untrusted; moreover when it is seen by children, they will probably draw the incorrect interpretation about sex. Additionally children having little information about sex are disposed to talk about it to their friends. They will ask and discuss with their friends of the same age about sex. It is indeed very dangerous because they are certainly having insufficient knowledge about sexuality; and they will mislead each other. Children are group of under aged people who have not reached the maturity of thinking skill. That is why by giving the basic knowledge of sex education is critical since it protects children not to gain the incorrect information about sex.

The third benefit of communicating child sex education is that it strengthens the relationship among parents and children. According to Student Health Service Department of Health, communicating sex with children can help to maintain a close-knit relationship among parents and children, besides it also helps to build a basic interaction to the children future sake. When parents and children talking about sex, instead of only giving information, they will also let their children to ask about anything which are not understandable. Parents and children are communicating intensively in order to reach the equal understanding. Parents expect the children to get the idea of their explanation; but it is likely that children will not stop asking. They will be much more curious and ask whatever they want to. This condition provides the children a good opportunity to share about their opinion with the parents. While on the other hand, parents try to answer all questions which are inquired by their children. Unconsciously, parents and children do an effective communicating. As the effect, parents will feel appreciate because their children seems to interested in the information about sex and children will feel being loved because their parents care about them. An effective communication is a major thing which is needed to build the interaction among children and parents. By communicating sex, children and parents will be the two crucial roles who are intended to start building the basic interaction.

Talking about sex is imperative for children. It helps children understand their body changes, prevents children to reap wrong information, and also help them to maintain a good relationship with their parents. Parents take a very serious role in this case. They should educate their children about sexuality by giving the correct information. More importantly, parents should not be afraid of talking something which is stereotypically reputed as a taboo thing. They also have to change their mindset that as time goes by; talking child sex education is indeed needed in this globalization era.