May 26, 2009
SEXUALITY EDUCATION
Parents, please clue in
LAST Saturday's reports ('Most parents clueless about sexuality programme', 'Sex education: Experts identify 2 'weak links' ' and 'Parents unaware of kids' Net risks') prompt a question: Are parents too busy with work and do they have no time to find out what is happening in their children's lives?
Parenting is a tough, tiring, frustrating, demanding and complex job which has no fixed hours.
But like a job, parenting must be learnt and the process is usually on the basis of trial and error on the job, which is also why it is the most stressful job an average individual can have.
How then can we support parents in parenting?
Government agencies like social service departments from the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports, the family service centres and non-profit organisations like the Singapore Planned Parenthood Association should be able to provide the information required.
If the reports are a measure, most parents avoid the subject, which is a cause for concern as children may pick up the wrong information and values via the Internet and other sources.
Parents today are better educated than their own parents and grandparents. A better education should equip them better in clueing into the need to discuss sexuality with their children, thereby improving the parenting process.
Cecilia Ko (Ms)
http://forums.delphiforums.com/sunkopitiam/messages?msg=28486.221
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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