HLTH 342 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Birth Weight, Foreplay, Preadolescence
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Learning outcomes: describe sexually-related behaviors across different childhood ages, define adolescence, describe the milestones of puberty, describe sexual behaviors in adolescence, describe the various lifestyles of single adults, discuss marriage, discuss divorce and related issues, describe sex in the later years. Infancy (cont. : sexual orientation of parents, children raised by homosexual parents do not differ from children raised by heterosexual parents in any of the following measures: Are regarded as the first and most important source of sexual socialization for their: emotional stability, sexual orientation, gender-typed behavior, adjustment, gender identity, intellectual functioning. Children(cont. : parents children, strong link between parental openness and young people"s confidence and sexual safety, many parents fail this test because of anxiety, discomfort with topic, uncertainty about timing, and having inadequate information themselves. Honestly, and give only information requested: respond to child"s questions directly and , respect their privacy, help them understand (if necessary) that such sexual behaviors are private and not done publically.