Generations – Bridging the Communication Gap

From the Abstract:


"This paper serves as a follow-up study from research conducted among secondary school pupils from the Reservoir Hills, Durban district on the loveLife campaign and the necessity of interactive, peer-group education. This study is based on the responses received from the parents interviewed in the primary investigation. The high-school students who were initially the focus of the study appeared to be more receptive to the idea of sex education than were their parents. Many of the comments in the first study received from the parents and the students about their own parents, were rather negative and in need of further exploration. Using a qualitative analysis, this study aims to investigate the roots of parents' reluctance to speak about sex to their children and demonstrates that parents need just as much tutoring in sexual communication as did their children. The possibilities of using a local soap/drama series to highlight these issues are explored by investigating the advantages of using drama as a communication strategy."

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