Answer me, Parent!

Answer me, Parent!

Questions from parents.

👉How do I respond to this question that my 3 year old asked?

I respond with an answer.

Another question from a parent.

👉What do I tell when my 4-year-old goes through this?

I respond again.

Well, I’ve been asked several times- how do I know what’s the right thing to say?

In most of these cases it’s not a sex ed issue. It is just a parenting issue. It’s actually more of a communication issue.

✔️What to say?
✔️How to say it?
✔️How to convincingly say it?

Where did i learn how to do it?

âś… I would say practicing gentle parenting is the way to go about it. When I understood more about the child’s brain, I understood how to deal with questions at each stage.
When I understood how much of emotional regulation they know, I learnt to say things without overwhelming them.

âś…Of course the reading I did on sex ed helped but the gentle parenting classes with @gotha_hari_priya along with the books kiss me (Carlos Gonzalez) and how to talk so kids will listen(Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish) , gave me the foundation to talk to Maya. Now I just completed the book non violent communication (Marshall B Rosenberg) and that gave me better clarity on how to communicate.

✔️The foundation was definitely the gentle parenting classes.

I also think once you practise gentle & respectful parenting with your child you’ll automatically be open to their questions, you’ll automatically find ways to answer them, even without a knowledge base in sex ed. Coz even before becoming a sex educator, there was open communication at home.

Two things I’ve realized –

âś…Gentle Parenting basics is the prelude to sex ed.. It is the bahubali 1 that you need to be done with before going for part 2.

âś…I also believe gentle parenting is the vessel in which which sex ed should travel. Get the vessel ready and you’ll know what to fill it with.



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