Mr. Richard Boadi Twum, an investigator from the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) in Cape Coast, has advised parents to discuss sexuality interaction with their children.
According to him, teenage pregnancy is on the rise in the country and it’s about time parents take such issues very seriously.
Mr. Boadi Twum made this known when he was speaking at a community engagement with members of the Men and Boys Advocacy Club (MBAC), an advocacy club established by the Central Regional Department of Gender to engage men and boys on their roles in fighting sexual and gender-based violence.
“If parents begin an early conversation about sex and its related issues, curiosity during the adolescent stage that could land adolescents into trouble would be reduced to a minimal level”.
“Early, honest and open communication between parents and their children is very critical, especially when your child is in that adolescent stage and we should also note that an honest and open conversation about sex does not lead to promiscuity as most of us have been made to believe”.
However, Mr. Boadi stressed that children are more likely to open up to their parents about the trials of adolescence such as relationships, anxieties, and sexual issues when parents address these sexual problems at an early stage.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Joseph Asare
