Educación sexual en la primera infancia: percepciones de los padres de familia o cuidadores en dos zonas rurales del cantón Cuenca

Abstract

The present research, entitled Sex education in early childhood: Perceptions of parents or caregivers in two rural areas of Cuenca, corresponds to a monographic study with a qualitative approach based on the description of a complex and daily reality; its scope is of an exploratorydescriptive nature, which focuses on knowing aspects related to this topic and characterizing them according to their relevant features. Its main objective is to analyze the perceptions that parents or caregivers have about sex education in early childhood in two rural parishes in the canton of Cuenca. First, we proceeded to a theoretical foundation on sex education, followed by a bibliographic description of the perceptions of parents or caregivers and 4 categories were established for the design of the survey. The data collection instrument was administered to 8 parents and 4 caregivers. Finally, from an analysis, it became evident that taboos are maintained at the moment of approaching Sexual Education. In addition, the term Comprehensive Sexuality Education is unknown to them and in some cases, sexuality is considered only in a biological way and focused on sexual relations. In other results, it was found that Sex Education is assertive, since they understand the importance of addressing it from early childhood, for the comprehensive development of children. Likewise, their interest in learning about comprehensive sexual education in order to be able to provide adequate training to them is also noted