Nurse鈥檚 frank approach to sex pays off at her son鈥檚 school
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A NURSE鈥橲 frank approach to teaching her son about sex led to her being invited to his school for sex education, a move winning acclaim in a country where the birds and the bees are generally considered off limits in the classroom.
Zhou Li, of the Wuhan Third Hospital in Wuhan in central China鈥檚 Hubei Province, ran the classes earlier this week after her son boasted to classmates about the knowledge his mother had imparted at home through PowerPoint presentations.
Zhou may never have imagined that teaching 11-year-old Niu Niu the basics of sex this way would see her giving similar talks to more than 300 fifth- and sixth-graders at the school in Wuchang District.
She was surprised at how little knowledge the pupils had about sex.
鈥淪ome of their parents told them they were born from a rock, just like the Monkey King,鈥 Zhou said, adding that some were even told that they were freebies given away by telecom operators.
Sex talk is still taboo in China, where thousands of years of feudal values cast a shadow over people鈥檚 attitudes. Chinese parents are usually too embarrassed to teach their offspring, resulting in low levels of sex education among the young, many of whom are susceptible to sexual abuse.
Last week, a man was executed for the rape and sexual abuse of 26 children in northwest China鈥檚 Gansu Province.
It was under such circumstances that Zhou felt it urgent to teach Niu Niu as he entered puberty.
On Children鈥檚 Day on Monday, she gave him a special gift: a sex lesson packed with PowerPoint slides.
鈥淚 gave him three science books about sex when he tried to hide his underwear after his first wet dream two months ago,鈥 Zhou laughed. 鈥淗e called me sleazy.鈥
In order to get Niu Niu to accept that sex education is 鈥渘ormal鈥 rather than 鈥渙bscene,鈥 Zhou came up with an idea. She bought a number of famous sex education books, including 鈥淲here Willy Went,鈥 and turned important parts of them into PowerPoint slides, after she overheard Niu Niu saying he had been interested by PowerPoint presentations at school.
The slides, coupled with Zhou鈥檚 descriptions, eased Niu Niu鈥檚 mind, and made him confident enough to talk to his friends about the lesson.
鈥淚鈥檓 glad it worked,鈥 Zhou said.
The story has caused quite a splash on the Internet, with many comments posted online lauding Zhou鈥檚 approach.
鈥淪ex education should be regarded as a scientific subject instead of obscenity,鈥 was one. 鈥淶hou did a good job.鈥
Zhou believes parents should not try to avoid children鈥檚 embarrassing questions, but teach them about sex in appropriate ways.
鈥淪ex education is not evil and scary,鈥 she said.
鈥淥nly when you view it scientifically can you help your children grow healthily and prevent sexual abuse due to a lack of knowledge.鈥
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