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Try not to dump all of the information on your child in a single sitting. Make this a weekly effort. Spend an hour or two each week at a set time with your child covering this material. This way your child will have time to digest what has been said and may have questions that can help shape the next meeting time. Always keep your preteen informed that questions may be asked and any time. You may choose to answer the question right then or wait for the next meeting depending on your comfort level and the content of the question.

Use some of this time to instruct your preteen about right and wrong touching. Tell your child the correct response if he or she becomes a victim of improper sexual conduct. This will build up self-esteem and help your child to confide if such activity occurs.

You may want to suggest to your child that it is best to not run about sharing this information with everyone that he or she meets. Along with this, encourage the preteen to not try to build a base of accurate knowledge from his or her associates. As you move forward with the training, your preteen will become more and more comfortable and open in these discussions, and you should too. This type of early training will teach your preteen that sex itself is not dirty or wrong. With good moral training along with this, your preteen should develop a healthy outlook regarding sex.

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