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Recommendations for Parent-Child Communication Program Developers
- Focus not only upon increasing parent-child communication about sexuality, but also upon
ways in which parents can influence the sexual behavior of their adolescent children
- Base the program on the best research on parent-child communication, the barriers to such
communication, and effective strategies for overcoming those barriers
- Help parents become more connected with their children, supervise and monitor them more
appropriately, model responsible sexual behavior, and respond appropriately to possible sexual
behavior and pregnancy among older siblings
- Include skill-based activities
- Include booster sessions to maintain greater communication over a longer period of time
- Incorporate strategies that effectively reach large numbers of parents and increase
communication about sexuality (build upon existing school-based sexuality and HIV education
programs by giving multiple homework assignments to students to discuss specified
sexual topics with their parents)
- Incorporate an evaluation
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