Yes — talking about sex is protecting your kids. Full stop.

Silence doesn’t equal innocence. Silence equals vulnerability.

When adults avoid honest conversations about sex, consent, and boundaries, kids are left to learn from:

• peers who are misinformed
• pornography that normalizes harm
• predators who rely on ignorance, shame, and confusion

That’s not protection. That’s exposure.

Education does what silence cannot:

• Gives children language to describe what’s happening to their bodies
• Teaches the difference between safe touch and harmful touch
• Reinforces that consent is required every time, no matter who it is
• Removes shame so kids are more likely to speak up early

Predators thrive where there is taboo.
Kids are safest where there is clarity.

This is why your point makes people uncomfortable — because it exposes a hard truth:

Many institutions would rather preserve “purity optics” than actually protect children.

Talking about sex age-appropriately isn’t corrupting kids.
It’s arming them with discernment.