Importance of Sex Education for Youth and Children

You, especially those who have a parent or teen has a younger brother, must be very worried when I heard the news in various media relating to sexual activity among adolescents, whether made consensual or by force, has increased dramatically in recent years. The last case is discussed lively about a junior high school student with the initials SA who are victims of kidnapping and rape. As a result of these events, parents accompanied SA National Commission for Child Protection and the local education office held a closed-door meeting with the school to discuss the fate of SA as a student studying in its place.

This case is just a few of many cases related to teen sexual activity. Is estimated that there are more cases of rape and afflicts teenagers out there, not to mention the case of a porn video played by high school students that is rapidly evolving, so abortion risky endanger the lives of young girls. More tragically again, not a few were also found minors are victims of sexual abuse by older teens. In fact, in some cases, it was revealed that the perpetrators are siblings.

Arif Rahman Hakim, an education expert, estimates that this phenomenon can occur because of a lack of sex education for children. Wiwid Widyastuti KB BKKBN as Head of Yogyakarta Province also found similar and calls for sex education to do from an early age. He even has proposed sex education materials that can be implemented in schools to the education department, but until now their proposal can not be approved because of a charge subject in school is too crowded.

In fact, according to research results Briggs and Hawkins, parents tend to rely on teachers or caregivers can protect the child from all the unwanted sexual activity. It is also due to many parents who have minimal knowledge about how to give sex education to children. Consequently, if this is all allowed, children are driven by their curiosity might get the wrong information about sex from their surroundings and become victims of this ignorance.

Parents, as the party most responsible for the development of their child's life, is expected to address this more wisely. One is urged holding sex education in schools, or by providing knowledge about sex to children at home (of course, after studying it right).

There is always controversy about whether or not sex education is given to children, so parents hesitate to give it. In what way is a decent sex education to be discussed? Stigma spread in society is that sex Esek Esek affairs that ought to be discussed only by adults who are able to think about "right and wrong" and not to talk to the children who are innocent.

For Prof. Dr. Sarlito Wirawan, sex education has the same mechanism with other education (Education Religious and Moral Pancasila). Educators must be able to transmit the values ​​of knowledge gradually and in accordance with the development

cognitive subject students. Sex education should be related to the prevailing norms in society, parents as educators should emphasize what you can do and what not to do.

Toni Ayres also supports this statement, he said that sexuality education should be a balance between talking about the pleasure they could get in intercourse with consequences that can be obtained (sexually transmitted infections, unwanted pregnancies, abortion, etc.). In short, sex education is not about supporting children and young people to have sex, but to explain the natural function of sex as part of them and the consequences if misused.