How to Talk to Children About Uncomfortable Topics. A Book for Parents

Parenting is a very costly undertaking, stretched over more than 18 years. And each of us faces our children's questions, which we may not be ready for and do not know how to answer. Most often, these are intimate questions. We get flustered when children ask: - "WHERE DID I COME FROM?" - "WHY DO BOYS STAND TO PEE, BUT GIRLS SIT?" - "AND HOW DID I COME TO BE? THROUGH MY BUTT?" All of this can throw us off course. But among these questions, there are even more complex ones — concerning safety and boundaries. The author of this book, an experienced sexologist and family psychologist, discusses the main rules of sexual education for children from 0 to 12 years old, explains how to ethically and carefully convey them to the child, and how all this is related to their sexual safety. This book is not an instruction manual that needs to be followed literally, as there is no one-size-fits-all approach to parenting. EACH CHILD IS A WHOLE WORLD, and every family has its own values. It can rather be considered a toolkit: take from here what you need to prepare for the conversation and give your child the knowledge that will be useful in life, so that their PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT IS HEALTHY AND TIMELY. "Mamen Jimenez's book on sexual education is a real find for the modern parent! It does not drown us in the depths of anatomy and physiology, but leads us through the entire spectrum of a child's sexual education and simply, with humor, and vivid examples explains why it is so important today. I would recommend this book to read even before the child is born — including to learn some things about yourself, overcome embarrassment, and lift the taboo on a topic that really needs to be discussed with future generations carefully, but openly and honestly. This book has no preachiness or moralizing, no clichés or stereotypes, and this greatly helps to approach the topic of sexual enlightenment as closely as possible and incorporate it into one's educational strategy." — LENA AVERYANA, editor-in-chief of the parent project "No, It's Normal