The role of family on sexual education of children

• Rossmery Arce Delgado

  Universidad Católica San Pablo

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5605-5102

• Lucía Peraltilla Romero

  Universidad Católica San Pablo

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6874-0860

Due to the uniqueness of the relationship of love that subsists between parents and children, family is the place for education by excellence, thus the role of parents is essential to give rise to an exchange where everyone contributes and learns. Since childhood, a key moment for education, the guidance and orientation provided by parents within family is called to establish habits that predispose behavior of children to the natural exercise of good and the delight of it. Therefore, family education also includes the experience of the sexuality of children, which is understood as an aspect that communicates, in diHerent dimensions but integrally, their identity and personality in development. In a special way, the ordering of aHections is important in the formation of good habits not necessarily related to sexual behavior, but from the integrality of children's being, will be reflected on their experience of sexuality. This educational background, along with own deliberation and discernment, are essential in a person's life. In this scene, it was considered necessary to make emphasis on the role family plays, especially parents, in the integral education given to children for the healthy experience of sexuality from an early age.

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