Teaching Your Children About Sex: What to Teach When 4-6 Years Old

Basic Information

• Boys and girls bodies change when they get older
• Simple explanations of how babies grow in their mother's wombs and about the birth process
• Rules about personal boundaries (such as keeping private parts covered, not touching other children's private parts)
• Simple answers to all questions about the body and its functions
• Touching your own private parts can feel nice but is something done in private

Safety Information

• Sexual abuse is when someone touches your private parts or asks you to touch their private parts
• It is sexual abuse even if it is by someone you know
• Sexual abuse is never the child's fault
• If a stranger tries to get you to go with him or her, run and tell a parent, teach, neighbor, police officer, or other trusted adult
• Who to tell if people do "not okay" things to you, or as you to do "not okay" things to them