Black and white picture of a child running in a corridor. Illustrated version of photo of authors: two brown people smiling. Captioned: The Silence on sexuality- Priyangee Guha and Srinidhi Raghavan

To keep children safe, talk to them meaningfully about sexuality

Co-author - Srinidhi Raghavan Our engagement with sexuality begins early, probably when we were caught scratching the in-between-parts of our body and heard, “chhi chhi, don’t touch there” from adults. This statement, inter alia, made  two connections: a) do not touch ‘there’; b) it is shameful to do so. Most children therefore encounter information about … Continue reading To keep children safe, talk to them meaningfully about sexuality

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