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In recent years, as the times have changed, many parents have begun to give their children early access to sex education. In recent days, a newspaper reporter at a bookstore in chengdu has found that sex education books have now been transformed from being hidden in the corner to being a feature area in the children's reading area. So, what are these sex education books selling today? What has changed for parents about sex education books? An investigation was carried out by the morning newspaper of tianjin。
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Get to the front desk
Sex education books are visible
Many bookstores in chengdu used to enter books on how children can protect themselves, but because of the fact that parents have not changed their mindset, sex education books have been placed in an invisible position, often “eating ash”. Parents have now begun to change their attitudes and have gone to bookstores to purchase sex education books and to spread knowledge among their children。
In a visit yesterday to a number of bookstores in cheng city, early morning newspaper journalists found that books on sex education for children were deliberately set up in many bookstores in chun hee-lu. Books that were originally covered with dust in the corner are now turned into bookstore children's bookstores, "the crowns." the story of the chicks, the story of the breasts, "our body," "we're moving forward," was featured in a variety of books on sexuality education for children。
Some of these books have been searched by journalists, and the knowledge they contain covers the differences between men and women, how to care for and protect themselves, and what parents find difficult to reveal, such as “where i come from”。
Among them, the introduction to "wild forward" was a small sperm who lived with 300 million friends in mr. Brown's body. The time has come for the swimming competition, and will has worked hard to win the prize — “a beautiful egg”. But after the game, wei disappeared, but a little girl na was born... This book is about every parent being asked, "where did i come from?" the book tells the child, "i grew up this way." it not only addresses the embarrassment and helplessness of parents when asked, but also gives children a clear “sex education” course。
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It's a hot market
"students to love themselves" sells 60 copies a week
“sales of sex education books began after school started in september, but only last month did they become `honorers'.” the child reader at a bookstore in chengdu indicated that nearly 200 sex education books had been sold throughout october, exceeding last year's annual sex education book sales. Even in less than a month, the children's sex education book learn to love themselves has been sold out. "three copies of the whole series, " don't touch me " , "don't kiss me " , "don't go with strangers " , "four sets a day at a popular level." she said that none of the books had been purchased on the bookshelf, and now they were on the bookshelves and shelves, 60 of which were empty in less than a week。
According to the data on the sale of children's sex education books for the current quarter of the year, 17 child sex education books were sold at the peak of october. “this is the amount of sales that had not been made in previous years, when parents had dragged their children away.” she said that the parents' thinking had gone from avoiding to looking for children's sex education books. To that end, bookstores have reprogrammed sex education books, which have been in the corner for many years, to place children's books most prominently. A special sign has been set up, clearly marked, “to inform children about their physical structure, to learn to love, to learn to respect and to protect themselves.” it also reminds parents that sex education is about education。
It is embarrassing to note that there are still parents who look at sex education books and are afraid of having their children read them. “young parents are more open-minded, with mothers with children under the age of four who come to buy books for their children, but grandparents who take them away because they hide.” she said she felt a little sad when she saw parents shun sex education for children。
It seems that the incidence of sexual abuse of young children is due to the fact that parents do not explicitly provide sex education to their children. “every time i see this happening on twitter, i think about the parents who don't let their children read sex books.” she said that the popularization of sex education books was the hope that children would be able to keep some secrets absolutely unconserving and that others would speak up when they touched you uncomfortablely。
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Parents' perception
The book girl finally knows where she came from
"when she was four years old in kindergarten, i told her not to let anyone touch you." zhang xin, the daughter's 5-year-old parent, told tsar that she had bought a book on sex education for children just after the bookshop had had " learn to love me " . Zhang xin has often told the children stories in order to make them more aware of and protect themselves.” i ask her sometimes, what would you do if a stranger gave you sugar and let you go with him?" zhang xin said that children who had been reported on the internet over the years had suffered sexual abuse and had given themselves a lesson。
Previously, zhang xin had not been able to accept the sensitive question of “where did i come from?” “why does a mother have breasts and not herself” , and every day the child asked, zhang xin avoided talking about it, and sometimes it was impossible to say that the daughter was buying and delivering. As a result, the daughter cried several times at home, and was then prepared to attend kindergarten, where zhang xin gave her a brief message about sex education. But it's just "don't let anyone touch you" and "don't take anything from a stranger" and "don't follow anyone but your parents." the reason for zhang xin is: “i don't know how to paint her, she doesn't have to understand, i don't know what to describe, and i'm embarrassed to say.”
However, since march of this year, zhang xin, a school in hangzhou, has been paying attention to the sexual abuse of young children. “every time you see it, you shake your hand, you see the innocent looks of the child, you cry as a mother.” zhang xin said that she had taken the initiative to search online for books on sex education for children in order to change her previous sexual orientation. It is zhang xin's hope that, through a lively and interesting storytelling, daughters will be made aware of the importance of protecting themselves。
Although zhang xin's move was opposed by his daughter's grandparents, zhang xin believed that the early dissemination of sexual knowledge to children could only be detrimental to the child's interests. Zhang xin stated: “every time you see a book about sex education in a bookshop, you buy it for the children.” today, zhang xin's daughter knows by book where she came from, and when asked by kindergarten children, she also takes the initiative to explain to her partner。
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Expert perspective
Early sex education can avoid harm
With regard to the changing attitude of parents towards sex education, professor hu guangwei of the sichuan academy of social sciences said that, as society evolved, it was beginning to change slowly from talking about sex to the fact that parents now had knowledge of sex education for minors, which was only a sign of social progress. “sexual education begins with a simple introduction to physical hygiene. Hu gwang wei said that sexual safety was not included in sex education, but was merely anatomy, but the most important aspect of sex education should be “sexual safety”。
“there have been cases of sexual abuse of children in recent years, and it is necessary for parents to provide early sex education to their children so as to avoid harm.” hu gwang wei believes that the change in parents ' attitudes towards sex education is a step forward in their thinking, and that parents and teachers begin to give priority to sex education. However, in hu guangwei's view, the sex education books sold in the bookstore are still too theoretical to be understood in the future。
(formerly entitled “children who ate ash in the corner in the past years”
