Relationship & Sex Education

[chattykathyblue100]

Sorry, it appears I posted this in the wrong section earlier on today -
I'm new to Mumsnet. So here goes;
I work as a PSHE Adviser for a not for profit educational charity and have recently collaborated with local teachers to produce a teaching resource for Primary RSE. The pack contains a series of videos based on books we had previously written that are suitable for KS1 and KS2. So far it has been very favourably received by our local teachers. Now, we'd like to produce a free resource that parents could access online. We're thinking of producing a short video and then some sort of resource that parents would feel comfortable using with their children. This is where I would like your help. What kind of things would parents of young children like? I was thinking of some sort of Q & A cards, or start 'the conversation' approach but feel a bit of out of touch being a granny myself. I would welcome any suggestions. TIA

Consent.
Consent.
Oh, and consent.

Consent, some info related to modern times such as sexting, talking to people online/meeting them and how to say no.

Although those I’ve wrote are probably aimed at year 6.

Thank you for your suggestions so far. Definitely consent is already covered in the books as is gender stereotyping, the usual puberty stuff and the modern context of sexting, online behaviour etc could easily be covered in the parents' pack/resource.I presume a signposting section to useful websites etc would be useful?

A section on diversity of family forms??
For older kids, material on possible ways of approaching questions about the mechanics of sex, includig in gay relationships.

Some material on what the research evidence says about sex ed? Aďressing the benefits/ protection vs preserving childish innocence dichotomy indirectly

When you say 'older kids' are you referring to Y5/6 or older? There are lessons on different families in the school lessons but I agree a parents' section would be useful. We can find evidence that backs up the support for sex ed, might be good background for some sceptical parents. Thank you .

For early years, (reception and nursery), something on the pants rule/bodies being private etc.

Thank you Littlefish

Something about sex being pleasurable. Books always concentrate on the making babies aspect. I think we are doing our children, and definitely our girls a disservice if we don't acknowledge this more.

Totally agree about the whole sex being pleasurable thing. It is a natural line of questioning for children... they want (IME) to know why adults would do that. It doesn't make a deal of sense without the whole pleasure angle!

Re the mechanics of sex, including gay sex, I'm not sure on age. Maybe year 5, so 9?? Mine already knew about the mechanics at 5-6; DD asked about same-sex sex recently, she is y5, 7YO brother was there to hear the answer as he is the world's biggest nosey Parker but perhaps some would baulk at that. We are very meh about it. If you do put something on sex and pleasure/ gay sex I guess you will then need to prepare for the potential conservative religious response to that.