Jill Duggar teaches sons, 3, & 5, about sex when they’re young after revealing older brother Josh abused her
JILL Duggar has revealed that she already taught her three and five year old sons about sex, after suffering as a victim of her brother's sexual abuse.
The star spoke out about her brother's inappropriate touching in 2015, after a police report surfaced of the abuse.
, 29, and her husband , 31, have already begun educating their sons Israel, 5, and Samuel, 3, about sex, in the hopes they are able to identify improper behavior if it occurs.
The reality star spoke about their efforts in an interview with where she explained her goal was to "protect" the boys from the dangers she once faced.
";We definitely want our kids also to have the ability to protect themselves," the young mom revealed.
"Knowledge is power and you would be amazed at a three and five-year-old — our kids now — just learning about their body."
In order to educate their children, the couple has used books and podcasts to offer lessons in a kid-friendly manner.
"What our five-year-old might know, our three-year-old might not," Jill explained.
Derick then referenced the difficult conversation parents face when discussing sexual matters, adding: "To kids, everything's new, so it's probably more embarrassing for the parent than the kid.
"Kids are like, "Well, I don't have any reason to think this is an embarrassing topic."
The father of two also confessed that they've avoided using nicknames for private parts, so that their children are able to realize behaviors that aren't allowed, even at such a young age.
"Growing up, we always learned the anatomical names for body parts and didn’t use colloquial names or euphemisms or whatever, which I think can protect against abuse," he recalled.
"Because then whenever kids talk about things that went on, then people might not know what they’re talking about. But if you're open and honest with your kids, they'll feel comfortable talking to you.
"And if they say something happened, it’s very clear what happened."
The concerned parents have also placed signage around the house, so the boys will become used to seeing the difference between wrong and right.
"In our bathroom, we have a little sign, My Body Rules. If there's a babysitter here in our home, they're gonna see that too," Jill clarified.
Jill and Derick have pursued the sex education so that "someone else [doesn't] introduce their kids to it at a much earlier age than they even expected."
"They're gonna get that from somebody, somewhere, and these days, probably pretty young ... so we rather it be from us," Derick explained.
Jill's older brother molested the TV personality along with three of her sisters when he was 14 and they were pre-teens, though he was never actually charged for the crime.
After In Touch uncovered old police reports from the abuse, the family was forced to confront the situation further.
The TLC star has shown desire to prevent her sons from a similar fate with heavy education while young.
This is not the first occasion the fundamentalist couple has been publicly .
The 16 Kids & Counting star recently bragged about the , while filming a Youtube video in the car with their kids.
The couple revealed they once had intercourse "four times in one day" as they laughed about the honesty.
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Jill and Derick also recently announced that they'd following the star's familial discourse with her parents and siblings.
The mom of two has been with many of their beliefs and strict practices.