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Knowledge about sex education from an early age needs to be instilled so that children can determine their future sexual decisions based on credible information and values held in society. The main target in the socialization of sex education carried out by the 151 KKN Group of UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta is the adolescent age. The reason for making adolescents the main target is because at the age of adolescence there is physiological, emotional, and thought development. Adolescence is a golden age because children can receive a lot of information and process it themselves so that it becomes output in their actions. The ability to receive good information at a young age can backfire if it is not directed and given good guidance, the reason is that at this age emotional abilities are still in the development stage so that adolescents do not have control over the information they get. Discussions about sex are still often considered taboo by most people, generally, adults will forbid children or teenagers to discuss sex because what is in the minds of most people, sex is still only in terms of husband-wife relationships. Taboo thoughts like that are both an obstacle and a challenge in the socialization of Sex Education. In contrast to teenagers, sex education for children that is appropriate and acceptable to children in elementary school is in the form of basic information. - which parts may and may not be touched by others. This study aims to see the extent to which adolescents understand sex education in rural areas and describe various efforts to increase understanding of sex education.