Teaching Sex education: Helping your kids through their adolescence Our children live in a highly sexualized society where they are exposed to sexual language, images, and behaviours before they are developmentally prepared to handle them. Kids didn’t “ask” for hormones at age 12. If you don't give your children sex education, they will learn about sex from somewhere else. Teach them about sex and sexuality. So you can instil the right moral values in them. If you don't give your children sex education, they will learn about sex from somewhere else. Teach them about sex and sexuality. So you can instil the right moral values in them. But they must learn how to handle their changing bodies and urges in a society that shows them “yes” but tells them “not now.” To this end, the importance of sex education both at school and at home cannot be overemphasized. This article explains the importance of sex education. We've also included tips on how to introduce sex t...