Relationships and Sex Education 5-11 Supporting Children's Development and Well-Being

'Where do babies come from?' The prospect of this age-old question is one that causes significant apprehension for many professionals working with children. Clear strategies to support children's questions about growing up, relationships and sex are essential so that they are enabled to stay safe and healthy, develop positive and confident views about themselves and those around them, and deal with peer and media pressures.This book provides a solid, research-informed background to these issues and considers the historical context of Relationships and Sex Education. This text explores how to help children deal with a wide range of relationship issues and suggests ways of helping children to begin to explore the social, emotional and physical changes that occur as they grow and mature.

Introduction \ 1. The Historical Context for Sex and Relationship Education \ 2. The Wider Context \ 3. The Question of Relationships \ 4. Exploring Children's Views: A Pedagogy of Listening \ 5. Adult Concerns about Relationships and Sex Education \ 6. Children's Difficult Questions \ 7. Where Next? \ References \ Postscript \ Index