Data collected over a two-year period from more than 500 teenagers and their mothers
indicate that neither parental attitudes toward premarital sex nor parent-child communication
about sex and contraception appear to affect teenagers' subsequent sexual and
contraceptive behavior. Teenagers are often ignorant of their parents' attitudes toward sex-
related issues, and they and their parents often contradict one another in describing the
kinds of sex-related conversations they have had. In only two cases was a significant …

Adolescents' sexual behaviour has become a global reproductive health concern especially
in the developing countries. Undoubtedly, Parent-Child communication remains a vital
means by which parents transmit cultural values and monitor the sexual behaviour of their
children. Since the extent of the qualitative manner in which parents are involved in their
children's lives are critical factors in the prevention of sexual risk-taking behaviour among
adolescents. This paper investigated the characteristics pattern and how the quality of …