Re "Only Children: Lonely and Selfish?," by Lauren Sandler (Sunday Review, June 9): The only-child discussions seem to me always to miss the point.
McNeal (1999) found that parental-child discussion was significantly lower in low-SES than high-SES homes.
For example mother-child discussion about condom use prior to sexual debut has been correlated with adolescent condom use at last sex [ 12].
From the children discussion some mentioned FGM practitioners that denounced, but still acted secretly, this collaborates with the views from some of the KII and FGDs.
Training materials and methods included lectures, posters of eye conditions, flip charts, demonstration and practical of visual acuity testing in children, discussion and group work.
We studied the effectiveness of two interventions, the more extensive Family Talk Intervention (FTI) and a short child-focused Let's Talk about Children discussion (LT), when the interventions were carried out in psychiatric health services for adults.
From the children discussion groups also notable was that all the girls were not willing to be cut, but were coerced into the practice using several methods including violence.
Throughout the workshop's five hours of animated small group discussions, the children discuss a full menu of serious topics that impact their lives.
It's particularly important when it comes to addressing issues that arise when students are in possession of an indecent image or video of another child, where discussions are also an issue of child protection.
Key to child survival Discussions at the preparatory meeting made it clear that educating the global community on the importance of proper sanitation and hygiene is but one obstacle to overcome.
In instances where parents have discussed sexuality issues with their children, these discussions have often been incomplete [ 33].
