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Your son or daughter may have had sex during the Covid-19 prolonged closure of schools. A shocking government report reveals that most school-going boys and girls had their sexual encounter because their parents did not give them attention at home.
And in other cases, some of the teenagers were introduced to drugs and alcohol, which emboldened them to engage in sex when schools were shut for about nine months to curb the spread of Covid-19.
The survey conducted by Presidential Policy and Strategy Unit states that the long stay at home led to uncontrolled feeding that increased the physical growth of the girls, making them confident to engage in sexual relationships.
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