The lead population management agency also advises heads of households to monitor their adolescents’ online activities, as the latter have more time spent with gadgets. This makes teenagers potentially exposed to explicit content that may negatively influence their sexual maturation. It may also lead them later to consider early sexual encounters that may eventually result in early pregnancies. “The ECQ presents a rare opportunity for parents and their teenage children to discuss matters openly pertaining to growing up, and perhaps go beyond their usual conversations by slowly building up dialogues about sexuality,” Undersecretary Juan Antonio Perez III, MD, MPH explained. It revealed that more than half of Filipino youth (61 percent females, 57 percent males) are exposed to the Internet.

Source: Manila Times April 08, 2020 16:22 UTC