Colouring the birds and bees: Teaching children to be safe


While parents, guardians and teachers may find talking to children about the birds and the bees uncomfortable, it is vital to empower children and teach them about good and bad touch, boundaries as well as other topics that come under child sexuality education. Photo: 123rf.com

Concerned about the rising numbers of teenage pregnancies among Malaysian teens, youth-led non-governmenal organisation Monsters Among Us has come up with a novel way to teach comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) to children: Colouring.

MAU recently published My Body, My Rules: A Guide to Basic Sexuality Education!, a colouring book for children that touches on important topics such as the Human Body, the menstrual cycle, puberty and period wellness, understanding attraction, child sexual abuse, sex and safe sexual practices as well as child rights in Malaysia.

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