According to Coleman and Karraker (1997), parental self-efficacy beliefs embody how parents perceive themselves as capable of performing the different tasks associated with the demands of parenthood. Many parents want to talk to their children about sex but do not feel that they have the skills or efficacy to do so (Afifi, Joseph, & Aldeis, 2008). Foster parents often have little knowledge of what their foster youth’s experiences were regarding sexuality and sexual coercion and are uninformed about what sexual knowledge or education their youth had previously (Doolittle, 2013). Another question then becomes when it is an appropriate time to discuss reproductive health if at all. Further research needs to be conducted to analyze caregivers’
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Sexual expression becomes a response to neglect with an intense need for affection while for others the lack of permanence can lead to the desire to possess something of their own, a desire that may be manifested in a decision to get pregnant or impregnate someone else (Doolittle, 2013). When parents and children both believe that the other person cannot handle …show more content…
In families that are characterized by little or absent parental monitoring, where there is a poor quality relationship between the parent and adolescent, and a lack of communication between the parent and adolescent, there is a much higher rate of sexually risky behavior (Zimmer-Gembeck & Helfand, 2008; Affi, Joseph, & Aldeis, 2008). It has been a consistent in literature that adolescents that are informed about the consequences of sex are more likely to use condoms and birth control consistently (Wight, Williamson, & Henderson, 2005; James et al., 2009). Studies show that foster youth are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior and have casual sex partners and to engage in transactional sex (Doolittle, 2013). Some researchers (Jaccard, Dittus, & Gordon, 1996; Miller, Levin, Whitaker, & Xu, 1998) have focused on how parent-adolescent communication influences adolescent sexual
Sexual expression becomes a response to neglect with an intense need for affection while for others the lack of permanence can lead to the desire to possess something of their own, a desire that may be manifested in a decision to get pregnant or impregnate someone else (Doolittle, 2013). When parents and children both believe that the other person cannot handle …show more content…
In families that are characterized by little or absent parental monitoring, where there is a poor quality relationship between the parent and adolescent, and a lack of communication between the parent and adolescent, there is a much higher rate of sexually risky behavior (Zimmer-Gembeck & Helfand, 2008; Affi, Joseph, & Aldeis, 2008). It has been a consistent in literature that adolescents that are informed about the consequences of sex are more likely to use condoms and birth control consistently (Wight, Williamson, & Henderson, 2005; James et al., 2009). Studies show that foster youth are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior and have casual sex partners and to engage in transactional sex (Doolittle, 2013). Some researchers (Jaccard, Dittus, & Gordon, 1996; Miller, Levin, Whitaker, & Xu, 1998) have focused on how parent-adolescent communication influences adolescent sexual