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UPTIGHT PARENTS, LOOSE KIDS: ARMENIAN PSYCHOLOGISTS ENCOURAGE ADULTS TO EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN ON SEX
By Gayane Lazarian
ArmeniaNow
06.04.12 | 16:09
Vrezh Shahramanyan (left) and Khachatur Gasparyan
Sexual pathologists and psychologists believes that the model of a
purely traditional family in Armenia is the reason why the nation
has been in the first place in the international 'Google Trends'
search system for searching the word 'porno' spelled in Latin letters
since 2004.
At the press conference on Friday psychologist Khachatur Gasparyan
said that even the issues of sex education are taboos in Armenia;
the Armenian language mentality does not tolerate speaking about it.
"Parents should be more open with their children, they should speak
about sex life with kids and answer all their questions, otherwise
a gap between children and parents is created, and children try to
look for answers to their questions on the internet," says Gasparyan.
Specialists of the sphere say that there is lack of proper content
about this topic on the Internet, and misinformation makes especially
teenagers face serious problems.
Sexual pathologist Vrezh Shahramanyan says that whatever cannot
be spoken about at home and at educational institutions, teenagers
find online.
"Sex education is part of general education, and it is not a
"talk about sex". It is high time to raise the curtain, to leave
the sanctimony alone and to call everything by their proper names,
and forget the tales about storks," Shahramanyan says.
The specialists advise that parents be more liberal and frank with
their children.
"If you find out that your child visits such websites then be careful
in your expressions, if you punish him or her, then you will push
them far from you. Try to talk to them calmly and give answers to
all their questions," Gasparyan says.
According to 'Google Trends', Armenia (with 100 points) is followed
by Albania (75 points) and Turkey (67 points); Georgia, Romania and
Azerbaijan come next.
From: A. Papazian
By Gayane Lazarian
ArmeniaNow
06.04.12 | 16:09
Vrezh Shahramanyan (left) and Khachatur Gasparyan
Sexual pathologists and psychologists believes that the model of a
purely traditional family in Armenia is the reason why the nation
has been in the first place in the international 'Google Trends'
search system for searching the word 'porno' spelled in Latin letters
since 2004.
At the press conference on Friday psychologist Khachatur Gasparyan
said that even the issues of sex education are taboos in Armenia;
the Armenian language mentality does not tolerate speaking about it.
"Parents should be more open with their children, they should speak
about sex life with kids and answer all their questions, otherwise
a gap between children and parents is created, and children try to
look for answers to their questions on the internet," says Gasparyan.
Specialists of the sphere say that there is lack of proper content
about this topic on the Internet, and misinformation makes especially
teenagers face serious problems.
Sexual pathologist Vrezh Shahramanyan says that whatever cannot
be spoken about at home and at educational institutions, teenagers
find online.
"Sex education is part of general education, and it is not a
"talk about sex". It is high time to raise the curtain, to leave
the sanctimony alone and to call everything by their proper names,
and forget the tales about storks," Shahramanyan says.
The specialists advise that parents be more liberal and frank with
their children.
"If you find out that your child visits such websites then be careful
in your expressions, if you punish him or her, then you will push
them far from you. Try to talk to them calmly and give answers to
all their questions," Gasparyan says.
According to 'Google Trends', Armenia (with 100 points) is followed
by Albania (75 points) and Turkey (67 points); Georgia, Romania and
Azerbaijan come next.
From: A. Papazian