Over the past few months we have devoted time, training and discussion to a sensitive and important topic: how to accompany children and young people as they grow between affectivity and sexuality. Educators of the younger ones and teachers of the older ones have worked together to build a common outlook, because it is important for us to be clear and transparent about the values and references that guide our path.
In our family school, which spans nursery, kindergarten, primary and secondary schools, sex and affective education is understood as a path of growth that focuses on the whole person, with different modalities and responses according to age.
We do not start with answers, but with listening to the experiences and questions that children and young people bring with them
Putting the person at the center
It is not simply a matter of passing on anatomical notions or dealing in a technical way with the physiology of the reproductive systems. For us, talking about sexuality means first of all talking about relationships: accompanying children in the discovery of self and other, basing this path on values such as respect, mutual listening, empathy and responsibility.
Affectivity and relationship
Educating on affectivity and sexuality means creating spaces for listening and dialogue. It means welcoming questions, doubts and curiosity with age-appropriate language and a gaze capable of holding together body, emotions and relationships.
A path that grows with them
For us, educating about sexuality means supporting the growth of people capable of living relationships with awareness, balance and respect. It is not an education that imposes dogma, but a proposal that offers tools to understand, love and grow in harmony with oneself and others.
Our goal is not to “teach sexuality,” but to accompany children on a path of awareness that helps them build authentic and respectful relationships.
For this:
- we remain open to dialogue with families
- We update our tools according to emerging needs
- we listen to what young people themselves have to say
Because affective education is not a lesson to be memorized, but a road to be traveled together.
đź”— Deepen
Those who would like to go into more detail and learn how this pathway is laid out in the different age groups can read the full document (PDF): sex and affective education.