• Stev_0@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If you start teaching them about sex when they are engaging in sexual activities you’re clearly to late.

    Kids aged 10 will understand what sex but haven’t yet participated in it. In that sense it’s the perfect age to start education. Kids that know what sex is will be much likely to be able to set their own boundaries.

    The headline about teaching 10-year-olds how to use Grindr is clearly someone making clickbait and not giving a sh*t about representing the actuality.

    • escaped_cruzader@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      At 10 all kids need to know is that genitals are used for sex and they shouldn’t be doing it with anyone

      Not much more details are necessary

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        They also need to know about the changes their body is going to go through in puberty, the emotions and urges they will develop and how to healthily deal with them, basic hygiene and use of deodorant, what sexual assault is and how to report it since many kids are sexually abused.

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        1 year ago

        girls get their periods before 10 years old. personally, started masturbating around that age myself.

      • nightscout@lemmy.world
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        This is just not true. Kids absolutely need accurate sex education BEFORE they are ready to engage in any sexual activity. It’s important for kids to have accurate names for body parts and sex itself for all sorts of reasons. Comprehensive sex ed results in REDUCED rates of sexual activity.

        Bottom line: you don’t wait until kids might be sexually active to provide sex ed. You provide it long before that point and, in doing so, can actually DELAY the start of sexual activity.