Children go to school and get education from there, but that does not spare parents from their responsibility of educating their child from their side. There are a lot of things that schools will not teach and that solely becomes parent's duty to do it. In the times we live giving sex education to children is very important. Schools shy away from doing that and so do parents. Specially in Indian culture, there is a invisible boundary that stops the 2 generations on interacting on this subject. Honestly in my growing up I faced this as a serious challenge. I had no one to educate me even on the basics, like dealing with the mensural cycle and what to expect and all. I learned it eventually with time but then if I would have got some knowledge about it I would have been in so much better position to deal with it.
When my Son was born and as he was growing up, I too felt shy to talk with him on th subject of sex and puberty. But then I did realize that I am making the same mistake and he may be as uncomfortable as I was. Me and hubby together broke our boundaries and started giving him the required knowledge. The Good touch and bad touch, it is not only for the girls to know, it is also for the boys.
Children get carried away very easily and it's parent's duty to make them understand how to be in control for every stage of life. It's just not about the sex education. Parent's need to mold their children in a manner that when they grow up, children have comfort in talking about their life and discussing it with them.
In my school days, one of my friend, her parents were very strict with her. She could never dare to speak anything in front of them. When she was in college, she met a guy who showed a lot of care for her and she got swayed away with that. In fear that her parents would never agree to their relationship she ran away with him and got married. In just 2 years time she realized how big a blunder she had made and then she also had a child. Her life was in a mess. Had her parents supported her right from her young age and not created that fear in her, life would have been very different for her. In her case I fully blame her parents for destroying her life.
Being too liberal or being too strict, both are unhealthy for a child's growth. Parents need to find that right balance and most important build the comfort level with their children to have any sort of conversation.
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