The SexedPL Foundation in cooperation with a philanthropic consortium begins the “Lessons without taboo” project. These are as many as 70 ready -made scenarios prepared by experts. The materials raise topics related to, among others, maturation, intimate health, emotions or hate. The project was created to fill the gap in the education system. The materials are available to everyone on the Foundation's website.
Sex education is still optional in Polish schools and it raises controversy. – Sex education is designed to explain what is out of it. So what if we have limited access to health prevention, so that we know little about our bodies. So what if we know or do not know how to recognize fake news about our security. This last area is currently a gigantic problem in the matter of taking care of your health and security. His adults, but above all children we cannot navigate, because we did not receive this education ourselves – emphasizes Martyna Wyrzykowska, director of the SexedPL Foundation.
Just because we are not talking about sexuality does not mean that the topic does not exist. The lack of reliable knowledge about the body, emotions, intimate health or network safety often means that teenagers derive knowledge from unverified sources on the Internet.
– For me it should be such mental comfort, especially by the teacher, so that there is such an open place and everyone can share what they think – we hear about one of the students in the SexedPL Foundation campaign.
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“Lessons without taboo” project
Teenagers want to talk, they are curious how their body is changing. That is why a safe space for conversation is so important.
– Sometimes we sigh so: oh, why did they not teach us at school. And these are the topics that we use later in our lives, because we enter into relationships, we have to take care of our health, or it is difficult for us to talk about sexuality at all, because somewhere in our home it was taboo and we do not know how, so these are really skills that are very much needed, so that we enter into cool, satisfying relationships, and so that we can take care of our health in adulthood Psychologist, teacher, script author.
The “Lessons without Taboo” project is a program for teachers and parents prepared by experts in the field of psychology, gynecology, sexology and law. These are as many as 70 ready-made classes for classes 4-6 and 7-8, as well as students of secondary schools.
– We really wanted these scenarios to be in such a workshop form, that there would be a discussion, a debate. We give there a space where teachers can sensitively approach certain topics with such mindfulness – assures Hubert Pajączkowski from the SexedPL Foundation, author of the scripts.
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A dozen or so lessons on various topics
The content applies to comprehensive sex education. They apply to body, maturation, establishing relationships, diversity or online security.
– Here I also have such a scenario with myself: sources of knowledge about sexuality. This is a material that allows you to distinguish what is an opinion, from the fact. He also talks about disinformation, which is a lot around these topics – describes Hubert Pajączkowski.
– We say a lot how to build healthy and safe relationships. We are dealing with a crisis of loneliness. Where to meet other trusted people? How to deal with it when these people reject us? Here, even hate on the web also enters. These scenarios help answer such questions, but they also give teachers such the first point to attach the topic with students to give them a signal: if you face such a problem, I am a person you can turn to and somehow we can handle it together – says Martyna Wyrzykowska, director of the SexedPL Foundation.
It is strong emotional support and understanding that allow a young man to deal with difficulties typical of puberty.
– It is important that the kids have just a trusted adult with whom they can talk. It is ideal when it is a parent, but it is important that it was anyone, and in general it would be best if they were different people. It is to give this support for such good, supporting adults, young people at such a difficult moment as maturation – believes Tosia Kopyt, a psychologist, teacher, author of the scripts.
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