Pyeongtaek to Offer Parent Sex Education Guidance Program

Pyeongtaek City will open and operate a "Parent Sex Education Guidance Program" for residents in the region.

According to the city on the 7th, as sex crimes targeting children have increased recently, the city announced that it will launch educational programs for parents to promote correct sexual awareness and the need for proper sex education.

Currently in South Korea, due to Confucian traditions and social atmosphere that taboos sexuality, many people have not received proper sex education from childhood.

As a countermeasure, Pyeongtaek City is centering its efforts on the Lifelong Learning Center, cooperating with the Childcare Facility Association and the Pyeongtaek City Office of Education to develop and operate this program for parents with children in local kindergartens and elementary schools.

The program will be held every Wednesday from 10 a.m. at the education room of the Lifelong Learning Center in City Hall from the 8th to the 29th of next month.

Enrollment is limited to 40 people on a first-come, first-served basis and is free.

Participants who complete the program will receive a certificate of completion issued under the name of the Pyeongtaek Mayor.

A city official said, "Through this education, we will correct children's misconceptions about sexuality and help them form systematic and proper sexual values from an early age, thereby fostering a healthy and beautiful sexual culture and further increasing public awareness of participation in lifelong learning."