Relationships
Why talk about relationships?
• Helping children to handle their relationships successful starts when they are very young.
• Children need support to develop their skills in handling relationships successful.
What should I talk about?
| • Understanding and respecting others. • Knowing how to end a relationship kindly. • Respecting yourself and standing up for what is right for you. • Knowing how to deal with negative feelings, like sadness. • Knowing how to say sorry. • Knowing how to ask for help. • Understanding different kinds of relationships, both heterosexual and homosexual as well as different ways of loving. It is helpful to discuss relationship skills, such as; |
 |
• Children need to start talking about relationships early.
• Starting early means they can learn gradually and build up what they know, a little at a time.
• Parents may need to make the first move in talking to their children.
How should I talk about this?
• It is important to try and be as open and relaxed as possible as this will help your child to feel comfortable.
• Try to let the subject crop up normally and when it does, talk about it.
• Be as easy and as natural as you can.
• Talk a little every now and then and be prepared to talk about things more than once.
• Encourage your children to ask questions and do your best to help them feel they can ask you anything.