Talking about sexuality with children can be a topic that makes more than one nervous. Traditionally, mothers talked about sexuality with daughters and fathers did it with sons. But times change and many stereotypes remain in the past.
A recent survey yielded results that surprise us and at the same time show us how the world continues to evolve: Young women go to their parents and not always to their mothers, to talk about sexuality and relationships.
The survey was conducted by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy during the month of August. In her 1,012 parents of daughters between 13 and 29 years old participated.
The questions were asked from the point of view of the parents, to whom they were asked the level of influence they had on their daughters regarding issues such as sexuality and personal relationships, as well as knowing if they felt prepared to talk about specific topics.
In general, most parents do not look like someone very influential in this regard or in the decisions of their daughters, however, this varies according to skin color.
For example, 32% of white-skinned or Caucasian parents consider themselves very influential in the way their daughters see relationships, while 21% consider it regarding the way they see their daughters see sexuality.
In the case of Latino parents, 43% believe they have a great influence on how their daughters see relationships, while 23% believe that it greatly influences their daughters' point of view about sexuality.
On the other hand, of African-American parents, 46% think it greatly influences the way their daughters think about relationships, while 39% consider themselves influential about how their daughters see sexuality.
About how ready were you to talk with your daughters about specific topics, the following figures:
54% of Caucasian parents feel ready to advise about relationships, while 59% feel ready to talk about sexuality, pregnancy and contraceptive methods.
He 60% of Latino parents consider themselves prepared to give advice about relationships, while in terms of sexuality, pregnancy and contraceptive methods, 49% consider that they can advise their daughters.
He 67% of African-American parents consider themselves prepared to advise their daughters about relationships, while 65% believe they are ready to give advice about sexuality, pregnancy and contraceptive methods.
These results show us that it is no longer just the mother who talks about important and personal issues with her daughters, but that the role of the father becomes increasingly important. The fact that parents feel ready to talk about sexuality and relationships with their daughters, it means that they too are being more open to talk of these issues with them.
Talking about sex education with our children is extremely importantWell, just bad information is one of the main causes of pregnancy during adolescence.
Sex education can start at age 3, when they begin to discover their genitals and we start talking to them about their body, as Mamen explained to us a few months ago.
Good communication with our children about sexuality is important for their healthy development, as well as to prevent situations of sexual harassment or abuse, so it is also important to answer questions about sexuality when they appear.
Now with these results, we can know and count on that dad can also help make these types of topics less taboo and talking to them as a family is easier.
