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Originally Posted by moonshine
Yeah like thats going to suffice for a 4 year old... how does it happen? and then they want to see it, and they want to do it. Imagine that for nursery play. Try explaining why its for older people. About condoms, STDs, sexual preferences. Sillyness....
What i'm doing is not underestimating them, ignorance when it comes to sex isn't going to hurt a 4 year old! It's just better suited to an older child, who'll understand the answers to the questions they ask.
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Actually a degree of sexual play between pre-school children is normal. They may touch themselves, they may even touch each other. Read any child psychiatry book and you will see this is a perfectly normal part of child development.
In your last post you were saying they would show no interest at all and now you're saying that they would not be happy with the limited amount of information that is developmentally appropriate. Make up your mind :P
The fact is children already have questions about the difference between boys and girls (infact, most can identify who are boys and who are girls at 2 years old). At 4 years old, this class would merely bring together the ideas they already have.
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It's just better suited to an older child, who'll understand the answers to the questions they ask.
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At what age is it appropriate to tell everything about sex? I think certain areas of sex shouldnt be taught to 14/15 year olds. So, whatever age you are teaching sex at theres always going to be a limit to what information you're going to divudge - and yes and whatever age they may ask about things you think arent age appropriate. This does not mean that the subject matter that is age appropriate shouldn't be taught.