According to a survey conducted by Platanomelón, 77% of respondents expressed interest in receiving professional support to carry out conversations about sexual education appropriately. Although 21% of parents believe that sexual education should begin between the ages of 10 and 12, specialists emphasize the importance of addressing it progressively from the early stages of child development. The key is to provide clear and age-appropriate information, thus fostering a healthy and natural understanding of sexuality.
In response to this need, the Platanomelón Academy has been launched, an online platform aimed at supporting families in this process. Through practical resources and courses designed by experts in sexology, psychology, and pedagogy, the project aims to provide tools that allow sexual education to be approached without taboos and with confidence.
"We are the first generation of parents who know we need to talk about sexual education with our children, but we don't know how to do it," comments Anna Boldú, CEO of Platanomelón.
The uncertainty surrounding sexuality has led many children and adolescents to seek answers from unreliable sources, such as pornography, which can generate distorted ideas about sexuality and interpersonal relationships. Beti Badia Reig, sexologist and director of the Academy project, emphasizes that sexual education goes beyond discussing contraceptives, pointing out that "the real challenge is to understand that sexuality is a right and that our relationship with it directly influences our health and well-being."
For her part, Miren Larrazabal, president of the Kaplan Institute of Psychology and Sexology, highlights the importance of basing sexual education on science and critical thinking. This has a significant impact on sexual education, a key issue that more and more families seek to address with greater clarity and confidence.
Among the main reasons parents avoid talking about sexuality with their children are uncertainty about what topics to address, how to approach them, and fear of making mistakes. In a world where information flows constantly, new generations face the challenge of misinformation. Having safe and reliable spaces to learn about this topic becomes a priority for the well-being of new generations in an environment where exposure to information occurs at increasingly younger ages.
