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Modern parents must navigate early sexual maturity in kids

Teenage and early adulthood are absolutely challenging stages of development. At this point, young people thrive more on imagination than reality. In most cases, the thrill of sex tops the list of priorities to the extent that early marriages take place against the wishes of parents.

Young people imagine that copulation is the equivalent of food that would be served three times a day like antibiotics when they have a consistent partner. Boys at this point have no idea that the sex drive of a woman is directly dependent on her general wellness physically and mentally. If her stock of favourite lotion is exhausted and there are no resources to replenish it, she is likely to slip into a prolonged headache that will only be cured by the next sight of money. Conjugation is therefore frozen until then.

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