Topic: BOY/GIRL RELATIONSHIP
Contents:
Methods of Developing Boy/Girl Relationship
Guidelines for Healthy and Wholesome Boy/Girl Relationship
Problems Associated with Unhealthy Boy/Girl Relationship
Courtship
A. BOY/GIRL RELATIONSHIP
A Relationship is the way in which two or more people or things are connected, or the state of being connected, close association between two or more people. A boy/girl relationship usually starts when a boy and a girl meet and they develop an attraction or a feeling of likeness towards each other. It comes before courtship. In some cases, the relationship between a boy and a girl in a school may not lead to courtship.
B. METHODS OF DEVELOPING BOY/GIRL RELATIONSHIP
There are certain ways by which boy/girl relationship develops in the school.
- Participating in sports and games
- Joining school clubs e.g boy scout and girl guides, debating society e.t.c
- Becoming members and taking part in religious organization activities
- Participating in community development projects
- Taking part in school leadership activities such as school prefects, class prefects e.t.c
C. GUIDELINES FOR HEALTHY AND WHOLESOME BOY/GIRL RELATIONSHIP
- Adolescents should choose friends who have good characters
- They should seek their parent’s approval of their friends
- They should bring their friends home and introduce them to their parents
- They should feel free to discuss their problems with parents
- They should choose friends who have common interests with them
- Friends should be free to visit each other’s home
- Parents should discuss freely with children at all times
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