How to Teach Your Young Teen About Chlamydia
Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted disease, which is becoming common in teens and is sometimes asymptomatic especially in teens.
Since teens nowadays are expose to several audio-visual information, it is only appropriate that you as a parent, should teach your child about Chlamydia.
How would you do this? Here are methods you could employ in teaching them about Chlamydia.
1.
Get a flip chart and make them aware of the ways in which they could get infected.
2.
Give a short lecture on the function of each part though the chart.
3.
Show an educational film about how it is contracted.
4.
Let him browse over the encyclopedia has good pictures to show your teen.
5.
Let him go over Medical books have colorful and vivid pictures that would demonstrate the disease "in all its shining glory.
" As they say, a picture speaks a thousand words.
6.
Videos are available for teens.
Select the one that you know would grab her/his attention.
You know your child well.
7.
Allow him to listen to a health care professional discuss the disease.
8.
Do not substitute words for the scientific words, like making use of "birdie" for penis.
Use the scientific term like an ordinary word.
9.
After he/she learns about it, allow him/her to ask questions until all of them are answered.
Do not interrupt.
Listen to the whole question, clarify by restating the question, and then answer in a simple, straightforward manner.
10.
If you could not answer the question, ask a health professional to answer it for you.
If this is not possible, then you and he/she should research the answer together.
This will also further strengthen your bond with each other.
11.
Do not be vague with your answers, like saying; it goes into "that" and "that.
" State specifically what you mean.
12.
While answering questions maintain that parent-child relationship but do not be afraid to be a friend when the occasion calls for it.
This would encourage your child to open up.
13.
Never insinuate that promiscuity is fine as long as your child has protection.
Emphasize the dangers of promiscuity by citing all the diseases that would come out of it.
14.
After the lecture, let the child explain and discuss what he/she has understood from the information you have given him/her.
This is where you correct misinformation.
The safety and wellness of your child is your basic responsibility.
This starts at home, ensure that your child is "armed" when he goes into the world.
Since teens nowadays are expose to several audio-visual information, it is only appropriate that you as a parent, should teach your child about Chlamydia.
How would you do this? Here are methods you could employ in teaching them about Chlamydia.
1.
Get a flip chart and make them aware of the ways in which they could get infected.
2.
Give a short lecture on the function of each part though the chart.
3.
Show an educational film about how it is contracted.
4.
Let him browse over the encyclopedia has good pictures to show your teen.
5.
Let him go over Medical books have colorful and vivid pictures that would demonstrate the disease "in all its shining glory.
" As they say, a picture speaks a thousand words.
6.
Videos are available for teens.
Select the one that you know would grab her/his attention.
You know your child well.
7.
Allow him to listen to a health care professional discuss the disease.
8.
Do not substitute words for the scientific words, like making use of "birdie" for penis.
Use the scientific term like an ordinary word.
9.
After he/she learns about it, allow him/her to ask questions until all of them are answered.
Do not interrupt.
Listen to the whole question, clarify by restating the question, and then answer in a simple, straightforward manner.
10.
If you could not answer the question, ask a health professional to answer it for you.
If this is not possible, then you and he/she should research the answer together.
This will also further strengthen your bond with each other.
11.
Do not be vague with your answers, like saying; it goes into "that" and "that.
" State specifically what you mean.
12.
While answering questions maintain that parent-child relationship but do not be afraid to be a friend when the occasion calls for it.
This would encourage your child to open up.
13.
Never insinuate that promiscuity is fine as long as your child has protection.
Emphasize the dangers of promiscuity by citing all the diseases that would come out of it.
14.
After the lecture, let the child explain and discuss what he/she has understood from the information you have given him/her.
This is where you correct misinformation.
The safety and wellness of your child is your basic responsibility.
This starts at home, ensure that your child is "armed" when he goes into the world.