Sex ed study focuses on younger children

Parents are to be asked about the difficulties they have talking to younger children about relationships and sex.

The HSE’s Crisis Pregnancy Programme has appointed researchers to carry out a study on what inhibits or what can enable parents to communicate with children from the ages of four to nine about relationships, sexuality, and growing up.

The findings will help the development of supports for parents on how to talk to children about such issues, with resources already available for older children on the service’s website.