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.
A: The good approach that I have found is that you teach your child to be transparent. Whatever the child comes across or what is spoken in her presence by other children or adults, she must relate it to you so that the lesson goes to her at the right time in order that she does not experiment with herself.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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