Sexual Education

1. Sexual Education

2. Sexual health education is “a lifelong process of acquiring information and forming attitudes, beliefs, and values about such important topics as identity, relationships, and intimacy” Sex education is instruction on issues relating to human sexuality, including human sexual anatomy, sexual reproduction, sexual activity, reproductive health, emotional relations, reproductive rights and responsibilities, abstinence, and birth control. Common avenues for sex education are parents or caregivers, formal school programs, and public health campaigns.

3. Sexual health education addresses the biological, socio-cultural, psychological, and spiritual dimensions of sexuality from the cognitive domain (information); the affective domain (feelings, values and attitudes); and the behavioral domain (communication, decision-making, and other relevant personal skills)”

4. The overall goal of sexual health education is to provide young people with the knowledge and skills to promote their health and well-being as they mature into sexually healthy adults

5. sexual health education has four main goals: • To provide accurate information about human sexuality; • To provide an opportunity for young people to develop and understand their values, attitudes, and insights about sexuality; • To help young people develop relationships and interpersonal skills; and • To help young people exercise responsibility regarding sexual relationships, including addressing abstinence, pressures to become prematurely involved in sexual intercourse, and a use of contraception and other sexual health measures

6. Information Sexuality education seeks to provide accurate information about human sexuality, including growth and development, human reproduction, anatomy, physiology, family life, pregnancy, childbirth, parenthood, sexual orientation, gender identity, contraception, abortion, sexual abuse, HIV/AIDS, and other sexually transmitted diseases.

7. Attitudes, Values, and Insights • Sexuality education seeks to provide an opportunity for young people to question, explore, and assess their own and their community’s attitudes about society, gender, and sexuality. • This can help young people understand: • Family’s values, • Develop their own values, • Improve critical-thinking skills, • Increase self-esteem and self-efficacy, and • Develop insights concerning relationships with family members, individuals of all genders, sexual partners, and society at large.

8. Relationships and Interpersonal Skills Sexuality education seeks to help young people develop interpersonal skills, including communication, decision-making, assertiveness, and peer refusal skills, as well as the ability to create reciprocal and satisfying relationships. Sexuality education programs should prepare students to understand sexuality effectively and creatively in adult roles. This includes helping young people develop the capacity for caring, supportive, non-coercive, and mutually pleasurable intimate and sexual relationships.

9. Responsibility Sexuality education seeks to help young people exercise responsibility regarding sexual relationships by addressing such issues as abstinence, how to resist pressures to become involved in unwanted or early sexual intercourse, and the use of contraception and other sexual health measures.

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11. Fundamental Principles Being Part of a Comprehensive Health Education Program Well-Trained Teachers Community Involvement A Focus on All Youth A Variety of Teaching Methods

12. Human development; • Relationships; • Personal skills; • Sexual behavior; • Sexual health; and  • Society and culture.

13. Sexual Education for Children Children are curious about sex. Therefore, parents need to instill correct concepts of sex to their children as early as possible before they are misled by indecent magazines and irresponsible media When children grow up, they need to learn and adapt to the physiological and psychological changes in different stages of development The earlier sex education is given at home, the earlier the children are able to establish correct concepts on sex, and the easier the parents can handle the situation

14. Sexual Education for Children The objectives of sex education are to help children understand the body structures of men and women and acquire the knowledge about birth Teach children to establish and accept the role and responsibility of their own gender by acquiring the knowledge of sex. Understanding the differences and similarities between two genders in terms of body and mind will set up a foundation for the future development in their acquaintance with friends and lovers and their interpersonal relationship

15. Education Skills and Methods Choose the right time, ask questions and provide answers Establish their confidence and holistic development Use proper materials and keep up with time Understand your children and understand yourself Equality and mutual respect Be kind and patient Be honest and objective Do as you preach Make use of education materials Broaden their social circle and seek support