Upbringing and Tarbiyah

Teaching the children to be transparent with their parents

Q: Please can you recommend what age is appropriate to teach a child their body parts? 

My 3.5 year old only knows it as her private area. And in the shower I only point to all the areas no one is allowed to touch. As she is getting older and ready for school soon my fear of sexual abuse increases daily and I want to know what I should be teaching her and when? 

I only recall my mother ever talking to me about my own body when I became baligh, and I learnt about the male body when I was getting married. Now though, it's different. There's so much more fitnah. And parents that allow their kids to use screens, these kids are exposed to so much more. 

I just want my daughter to get the correct knowledge from myself and her father here at home first before we send her out.