Educating kids about sex early - at home and in school

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Ms Felicia Fong, 42, a part-time kitchen assistant, has taught her three children to identify inappropriate touching and to move away and confide in a trusted adult if it were to happen to them.

Her children, aged five to 11, also know that babies are made when "one part of Mummy and one part of Daddy come together".

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on March 11, 2018, with the headline Educating kids about sex early - at home and in school. Subscribe