It's not just the UK that has to worry about educating the young. Recently we wrote about pupils increasingly reporting that they identify as cats, dinosaurs or horses. An investigation was even launched at one school and Downing Street was said to have told head teachers that they should not teach children that they could identify as animals.

A kindergarten in Hanover, Germany does not yet have a problem with children identifying as animals, but recently it has also been heavily criticised because it set up a room for children over the age of three where they are expected to explore their naked bodies.

As PAP (Polish Press Agency) reports, citing the German portal Die Welt, a kindergarten in Hanover wanted to open a special "body exploration room". Children over the age of three would explore their bodies and nudity there.

Parents who were informed about the facility's plans were most concerned about the first "rule" of the said room: "Each child decides for themselves if and with whom they want to play physical and sexual games".

Other rules, however, are also a bit disconcerting. Apart the one asking children not to hurt each other, there is also one prohibiting "the insertion of objects in intimate places". The age difference between the children in the room was said to be a maximum of two years.

"Girls and boys stroke and explore each other only as much as is comfortable for themselves and other children," - says another rule included in the regulations.

A nudity exploration space for children in Germany, however, will not be continued. After strong protests from parents, the Jugendamt (ger. Youth office, local agency set up to promote welfare of children) stopped the project. The child protection association also took up the matter. The manager of the kindergarten explained quite paradoxically that the room was created due to the requirements of the Lower Saxony authorities in order to "recognise and prevent abuse".

"The letter to parents stated that this was a legal requirement on the part of the Ministry of Education. However, the Ministry strongly denied this and demanded that the kindergarten clarify the matter immediately," - says the Welt website.

According to one staff member at a kindergarten in Hanover, the idea itself was a good one and was simply to create a place where children could dress up freely and learn that each body looks different.

However, one cannot be surprised that the project has aroused such opposition among parents. Of course, it is worth teaching children about diversity, showing them that bodies are different and there is nothing wrong with that. It is also important to educate them in the area of sexual abuse. However, creating "body exploration rooms" where they would learn about each other's nakedness could lead to many dangerous and disturbing situations - both on the part of the guardians and the children themselves.