The following are some of the risks that might lead to youths engaging is sexual activities.
–Sexual permissive parental values–
In this case; parents leave their children to do as they wish assuming that they are just children. Even if parents notice that their children have a romantic relationship with the opposite sex, they do not bother to question anything. So they children get involved to sexual activity since there are no principles or personal values and boundaries on whether they should not have sex.
–During family get together gatherings–
It is during these occasions that the adults have the opportunity to enjoy their drinks of beer and especially during the end of year (December) festivities. You may find that the young people may get access to such drinks—may be through stealing them. This can result to a child getting drunk and thus get exposed to unintended sexual activity.
There are also other instances where a child can be introduced to drugs may be through cakes that contain such substances and thus influencing a young person to engage in sex.
-There are parents who feel that since they are single, it is hard to raise a child alone and feels that a certain child is in an age where it’s hard to talk to them and difficult to have the child listen to you. They feel that it is a burden to bring up a child single handedly and so if such parents do not look for assistance may be from the child’s uncle may lead to the child getting involved to sexual activity.
-In case the young person have a history of sexual abuse. This may include persons who have sexually abused, those who may have unprotected sex and left to worry about the consequences to follow. This may also include young girls who get pressure from several men, which may be due to them being seductive, or their way of walking which convey something to these men.
