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Being a parent involves having many tough conversations, especially when your children reach adolescence. For many teenagers and parents alike, few topics inspire more dread than anything to do with sex. Ayobami Precious Adekola, a public health researcher who studies adolescent sexuality, sexual and reproductive health, offers some helpful advice for navigating 'the talk' and explains why it’s so crucial that parents not shy away from these important discussions.
South Africa has notoriously high rates of violent crime and one of the highest homicide rates in the world. Most citizens don’t feel safe walking in their neighbourhoods at night but don’t trust the police either. Applications for gun licences have risen sharply over the years. Criminologist Guy Lamb weighs up whether owning a licensed firearm is an effective means of protection.
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Ayobami Precious Adekola, University of South Africa
This advice can help you to engage your teens in open, honest and helpful dialogues about sex and sexuality.
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Guy Lamb, Stellenbosch University
Firearms may provide firearm owners with a means of self-defence in confrontations with criminals, but the unlawful use of a licensed firearm can have negative legal consequences.
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Kahura Mundia, University of Nairobi
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Phillippa Yaa de Villiers, University of the Witwatersrand
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Magdalena M.E. Bunbury, James Cook University; Guido Alberto Gnecchi-Ruscone, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
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Chee Meng Tan, University of Nottingham
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