Sexuality Education in Singapore Schools: As Parents, How Do We Protect Our Children?

Moving forward, students are also taught how to apply their socio-emotional skills in an appropriate and supervised manner in school. This further supports their growth and development in their thinking. In primary schools, students are introduced to personal safety and also protecting themselves from sexual exploitation and abuse. This sets the tone of sexuality from young and how it is pertinent to care for your own wellbeing. They are also taught cyber-safety and how to avoid engagement/conversations with dubious strangers online. Moving on to secondary schools and at the pre-university levels, the focus is shifted to building healthy relationships with others. It’s like a level up yes? Building healthy relationships with others would help students better understand boundary setting, respecting others’ boundaries and consequences for overstepping those boundaries. As students grow older, they are also equipped with the knowledge to seek help from trusted adults like their parents, teachers and school counsellors if they require additional guidance. They may also do so when they feel that their peers are being put in difficult situations or harmful influences and need intervention.