Sexual well-being of kids
Protecting the sexual well-being of kids is a very important task. The parent has a major role to play in the sexual health of the young growing child. There are few ways I would discuss in this article and I want you to be open about it.
Children aged below 15, though appear innocent, are at the stage of rapid brain development.
The parent should regulate the audiovisual, visual and audio contents these kids are exposed to. AudioVisual contents could be in form of television programs they watch, the videos they are exposed to on phones, certain sensitive games that could arouse the kids and so on. Visual contents include pictures, books, comics and so on whilst the audio contents include songs and music they listen to, what they hear from the outside. Whatever is heard or seen can influence and arouse children and control the way they think. The parents should make sure the children do not watch sensitive programs on TV's, phones and laptops. They should set up parental controls on the children's phones and laptops if they possess one. All of their books and comics should be that which is for kids. Exposing a kid to adult videos and pictures, either intentionally or not could kill the child.
As much as the internet access of the child is controlled, the child must not be killed from inside. The couple's room should not be close to the kid's, talkless of sleeping in same room. A lot of children have been victim of catching and hearing their parents having sex and it has badly affected those children. It is a serious form of sexual abuse. The small child should not have memories of the parents having sex in his or her head. This of course is the parent's responsibility and it should not be taken lightly.
Single parenting could affect the sexual growth of a child, especially if the single parent is of opposite sex to the child - a woman raising a boy or a man raising a girl child - could adversely affect the child's sexual development if care is not properly taken. Single parenting is however not a guarantee that a child will be spoilt, there are single parents whose children are emotionally and sexually balanced and there are children raised by both parents who are also well spoilt. Nevertheless, single parenting is a disadvantage in raising the child.
Mixed or unisex school?
Some kids are victims of sexual harassments because they attended a mixed school and have a negligent parent. The freedom level of kids in mixed schools must be well checked and the kids regularly observed.
On the other hand, attending a unisex school could encourage lesbianism and gay acts which few children are victim of. Apart from this, the child may grow up to suffer emotional and societal discomfort in relating with the opposite sex as he or she has only ever being relating with same sex. However, it is good step to eliminate sexual harassment from the opposite sex. Hence, the pros nullifies the cons.
The teacher-student relationship must be well checked and balanced. A male teacher should not be allowed into female hostels or toilets and also the female teacher should not be allowed into male hostels and toilets. This is especially important in boarding schools. The female and male hostels, if a mixed school, should be properly demarcated and separated, discouraging the students from having improper thoughts. Mingling must be well controlled, though not eliminated and every unusual behavior should not be ignored.
Now to my last point. The aspect of education has been especially ignored at homes. The parent do believe the child is too innocent to be told some things which is actually what the child needs. The female child, for example should be properly educated on what to avoid doing with opposite sex, what to do when a guy attempt to rape her, what kinds of clothes is proper to wear or not and the mother should lay a good example of that in her own dressing. These kids now develop faster than ever and needs to be taught as young as possible on the consequences of sexual acts. If they are well informed at home, they won't be easily deceived outside by pals or peer pressure. Hence, sex education should be encouraged at home and also in schools.
I hope you find this article useful in curbing the rate of underage sexual harassment and involvement. You can share your own thoughts in the comment section. Thanks for viewing!
