Many of us are uncomfortable talking about sex. In religious class, we may have learned only about the ritual purification around sexual activity. What do you do when your kids ask you difficult questions? To change our attitude towards conversations about intimacy, we need to rewire our brains to respond differently to young people’s “awkward” or “inappropriate” questions.

Positive parenting means providing loving guidance to children to keep them safe and healthy. Research shows that talking to children about sex and personal boundaries at an early age can protect them from or mitigate child sexual abuse, and later on, unsafe sexual practices and unwanted pregnancy. Openness to having these conversations will nurture life-long intimacy and connection with your children, even throughout their adolescent and adult years.

In this workshop, parents can learn how to have age-appropriate conversations with their kids on personal boundaries, their bodies and sexuality, in a Muslim context.

This workshop is open to all self-identified Muslim parents.

ABOUT THE ORGANISER:

Crit Talk aims to provide a safe space for self-identified Muslims to discuss taboo topics and their unique experiences. They run regular focus group discussions on topics such as masculinity and feminity and interfaith. Crit Talk is also a recipient of AWARE’s own Power Fund, which focuses on mentoring emerging organisations.