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...only solid construction available to use as a base of operation. State education officials say the schools are occupied only temporarily, and that alternative sites are arranged, but residents of Naxal-affected areas say that many schools have been closed for months or years, permanently disrupting education. Burhan Soren, a farmer in Gurha, says one school in his village has been occupied since 2003. "As the father of two small children, I feel very strongly about this," Soren tells TIME. "But if we protest too much, then the government says we are aligning with the Naxals...
...incredibly difficult to broach the topic of sex, admits Soren, who has three children of her own. "Your kids look at you like you're crazy, and you feel like you want to run," she says. "But it's important because we know good parent-child interaction gives kids better resiliency later on in life...
That difference highlights a primary problem in the parent-child dialogue about sex. "A lot of parents think they had a conversation, and the kids don't remember it at all," says Dr. Karen Soren, director of adolescent medicine at New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. "Parents sometimes say things more vaguely because they are uncomfortable and they think they've addressed something, but the kids don't hear the topic...
...needn't be so fraught. Experts also say that parents should discuss certain issues with their children at age-appropriate times, and that the discussion should evolve as children mature. "A 12-year-old will look at sex very differently than a 15- or an 18-year-old," says Soren. "For kids between 10 and 13, the idea of sex grosses them out. So you're probably not going to tell a 13-year-old necessarily all about different methods of birth control...
...sets of cancer screening guidelines exemplify an effort by leading medical organizations to base their advice on scientific data, rather than an assumption that more screening always leads to better prevention. "Physicians have a hard time letting go of screening tests that make them feel comfortable," says Dr. Karen Soren, director of adolescent medicine at New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. "The larger view is that screening is always good. But it's also good to reassess and take another look every once in a while...