Teaching Your Children About Sex: What to Teach When: Preschool (Less Than 4 Years)
Basic Information
Accurate names for body parts for boys and girls
Boys and girls are different
Give simple answers to all questions about the body and bodily functions
Rules about personal boundaries (for example: keeping private parts covered, not touching other people's private parts)
Safety Information
Differences between "okay" touches which are comforting and welcome and "not okay" touches which are intrusive, uncomfortable, unwanted, or painful
Everyone has the right to say "no" to being touched, even by grownups
It's okay to say "no" when grownups ask you to do things that are wrong such as touching private parts or keeping secrets
No one-child or adult-has the right to touch your private parts
There is a difference between a "surprise" which is something that will be revealed sometime soon, like a present - and a secret, which is never something you're supposed to tell (stress that it is never okay to keep secrets from mommy and daddy)
Who to tell if people do "not okay" things to you, or ask you to do "not okay" things to them