The instruments: content of talking about sex Nine quantitative research papers focused on the contents of parent-child communication about sex. Six papers focused on parent-child pairs. A number of researchers used a range of different topics to assess whether or not parents had ever discussed the topic with their children. For example, ten items of content and ten items of process of communication between mother and adolescents were established by Miller et al. (1998a), with the aim to measure which sex-related topics were discussed and how their content was transmitted. The same research team used the instruments with various groups of participants. For examples, Dutra et al. (1999) used the content and process instruments to measure not only mothers and teenagers but also fathers’ communication, and Whitaker et al. (1999) used these instruments to measure the influences of parent-child communication about sex in content and process with sexual risk behaviours in sexually active young people. Dilorio et al. (1999) established the interview schedule, included 14 sex-related topics to ask mothers and teenagers, aged 13-15 years, about whether they had discussed each topictogether. The instrument was established based on existing literature and focus group discussions. Kapungu et al. (2010) used the instrument, established by Dilorio et al. (1999) with mothers and adolescents to examine gender differences in the content of adolescent communication about sexual issues, but included 17 topics. It was suitable for the researchers to apply the instrument because both studies focused on Africa-American groups. The findings might help in extending the existing knowledge of content of African-American families’ communication about ... ... middle of paper ... ...ut fathers. However, the researchers did not clarify about how to improve the instrument. The quantitative instruments measured the frequency, comfort, content, process, and timing of parent-child communication about sex using mainly self-report measures. Therefore, it appears that the researchers developed the measurements of parent-child communication about sex in various ways. In the simplest form, researchers examined the frequency of communication. In addition, a number of studies considered multiple perspectives within the same topics and focused on broad ranking issues of communication. Interestingly, some researchers have tried to move away from the self report methods and use more innovative methodology such as videotaped conversations (Lefkowitz et al., 2000), however these too have disadvantages if the conversations are based in a lab setting.
Families are often broken when the communication among the parties falls through. In “The Sleepover Question” by Amy Schalet and “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, we can compare and contrast the attitude from the parents towards the young girls on sexual behavior and over all sexual relations. Although Schalet and Kincaid initially seem to disagree that it is vital for the teens to be open and trust their parents about their issues and sexual experiences, Kincaid expresses her idea and implies to her daughter that young ladies should not act like “sluts” and learn how to do domestic labor instead. Even though, both of these authors support the idea of communication among parents and their children, they have specific discussions about certain topics,
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Every parent gets nervous when it comes time to have the “talk” with their child. Some parents choose to just be upfront with their child, and others choose not to say anything at all but, sex education is a very important thing. Everyone should inform their children and not rely on others to do the job no matter what the situation may be.
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Teen pregnancy is a problem that is prevalent in the United States as a whole and has become a problem, which African American contribute toin some of the highest numbers. African Americans in the United States have the second highest rate in teen pregnancy next to Hispanics. African American females are most affected by teen pregnancy because of statistics that seem to hold true that African American girls are most likely to have children as teens (Cotton 2005). My project’s purp...
In the past, sex was something that people tried to avoid talking about it, neither less teaching. Sex became a mystery, and a mystery would always trigger people’s nerves, especially teenager’s curious minds. That leads teenager at that time, who had no idea about sex, wanted to have sex to know about it. And when they had sex without any protection, they easily got STDs or HIV or even pregnancy. The case awakens society that sex education must be taught for students at the very first when they enter middle schools. But the way sex was taught those days was very much different from today. In the article “What the sex educators teach” posted on the Opposing View Point in Context website, Dana Mack has written about her experience when taking sex education class when she was a teen: “At the age of ten or eleven, girls and boys were herded into separate rooms - usually in the company of a parent. There, in industrial-gray pictures and solemn monotones, they were introduced to the world of gametes, ovaries, and menstruation. Not exactly titillating material, this reproductive information.” (Mack). Back in those days when sex was a newly revealed topic and sex education program had just been operated, people are still very shy to talk about sex and they often avoid having this kind of
...ildren for experimenting with their sexuality; to discover who they are once they become of age, because in their rebellious phases they might decide to do this just to spite you. As research indicates and from personal experience, parents who are able to talk honestly to their kids about sex tend to be those with open family communication styles and whose parents talked with them about sex. Adolescents who feel close to their parents and who believe that their parents support them are likely to adopt sexual attitudes similar to their parents’ and to limit or delay their sexual activities. There are many things that can be learned from Randa Jarrar’s A Map of Home, and the importance of sexual awakening is just one of those themes.
Most parents prefer not to talk about these two topics and rely on the educational system to teach their children, but sex education is often not sufficient enough. However, parents are not obligated to educate their children on such topics since some do rely on their schools to provide classes. Children do surf the internet for their questions to be answered, which can lead them to discover more than they are supposed to. Meanwhile, most parents decide to discuss such subjects when their children are more mature. The ages of the Gutfasson children are unknown, but their exposure to such elements will surely permit them to be more comfortable and accepting in the
Education is an essential ingredient in the development of an individual’s self but still it cannot prevail without the endeavor and pursuit of societal advancement. Sex education is a type of education which provides sexual information to children. A formal sex education serves as instructions for the health and well-being of the adolescents and young adults (Fatima, 2013). While examining the status of sex education in the society, an observer figures out that the tendency of defining sex education is at a broader scale than formerly. Sex education is redefined in terms of emotional and psychological aspects of sex (Kirkendall and Hamilton, 1954). Sex education is a process through which information is delivered to the group of young adolescents and takes into account all the happenings that occur during the period of growth from childhood to mature adults (Esere, 2008). Formal sex education, following a curriculum based plan, is a key strategy for promoting safer sexual behaviors for adolescents (Lindberg and Maddow, 2012). A comprehensive sex education is a very fundamental part of making the young children equipped with essential skills to help them achieve a healthy family life, thus this idea of promoting comprehensive sex education is highly supported by the U.S health professionals (Lindberg et al., 2006). The idea of teaching sex education is supported but the thought process is that which values should be taught and the attitudes towards the teaching of sex education (Marsman and Herold, 1986). After conducting surveys with the adolescents’ parents in the US, results showed that majority of them approved and supported the idea of teaching sex education in the public schools (Alexander, 1984) The wh...
Family by its nature is a social unit wherein children grow up and it acts like the socialization agent. Children receive their earliest and most consistent socialization here in the family. In a family it is very important as to how parents cater the needs of their children and how children take care of them in return. Parents as well as the child are very important part of the developmental process, as it is the parents who will shape the children as what they will become. The parent child relationship influences each other and together they shape the relationship they engage in it. Family is a social unit where in all the members living together is related to one another. Family is regarded
The lack of agreement about children’s sexual education in Muslim societies forces us to explore different aspects of this topic systematically (Merghati-khoei, 2013). Parents said they were neither ready nor qualified to educate their children about sexuality. A majority of mothers raised’ ‘inability’’ as an important resolve their own parent–child interactions. Children are viewed as sexually innocent and numerous members of these societies are worried that children will become sexually active as a consequence of education (Orgocka, 2004). Sexology, and pediatric fields point out that sexuality-related awareness does not cause inappropriate behaviors among children, but unawareness does (Orgocka, 2004). Many mutual religious teachings lead to women feeling awkward about discussing sexually related knowledge with their children even though it can be said that the Holy Quran underlined the value of pursuing and gaining knowledge (Eidhamar
Parent teacher communication is very important to make sure that everyone is on the same page when it comes to everything educational related. Whether it is behavior or learning, a lot can be learned when parents and teachers communicate about their child and student. I know myself in particular I enjoy going to parent teacher meetings or IEP because I get to learn how my child is doing when they are not with me. It makes it possible for us to discuss what is working and not working with the students. Maybe the parents may have ideas to give the teacher when it comes to behavior or learning techniques for there child. The parent is with or near the child the other two thirds of the day. Communication is important for that everyone is on the same page, and that everyone’s main concern is helping the student succeed
The topic I have chosen for my paper is that of relationship between parents and children. Some of the points that I will be discussing are child abuse, child neglect and how it can affect a child and the relationship with the parents.
In society today it is important for parents to talk to their children early on in adolescents about not only their sexuality but sexuality in general. Sexuality is different for everyone and every culture and can span from physical changes within the body discussing sexual orientation and managing sexual urges. Parents have often found it difficult and unnerving to speak to their children about sexuality but those times have changed. Now parents are doing more research and studies show that with all the given resources about sexual education, the influence parents have on their child 's sexual decisions has been increasing. Children usually listen to their friends in these types of situations, but parents are beginning to step out of their comfort zones and discussing sexuality early on which has contributed to less teen pregnancies and std 's.