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Giving your children the sex talk

Giving your children the sex talk (Photo: iStock)

Studies show children teenagers, and young adults want to talk with their parents or carers about issues around sexuality, sex and relationships, topics that are considered in the African context as mystical and taboo.

Lisa Wanjiro, a family counsellor says these conversations are not the kind of discussion that is common in family discussions, mostly due to stereotyping and mysteries surrounding them.

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