Table 2.

Major themes in reasons for choice of target age

Themes	Examples
danger	"crawling stage…might get hurt or burned" "the dangers, results and consequences of doing the wrong things"
monitor, control	"keep an eye on your children" "you start monitoring the child at this age" "that’s when you must…monitor everything about her, even if she becomes unruly"
puberty	"some girls start menstruating at an earlier age than others" "inform the child about body changes" "because if you don’t they will get information from the outside"
reproductive risk	"the dangers of getting involved with boys, teenage pregnancy" "stage when a girl starts getting attention of the boys and the boys getting the girls’ attention"
peer influence	"that’s when the child gets influenced by friends at school" "get pressure from the peers and get influenced to join a gang"
morality	"should be able to know and to differentiate between the wrong and the right" "because our kids are very naughty"
teachable	"he can observe a lot of things that’s when you can have an influence" "they become aware and conscious when they get to high school level"
inform, advise	"needs your guidance" "guide and coach the child as she grows" "have a serious talk and coach her about life before it’s too late"
risk taking	"maybe a boy wants to experiment with smoking or drinking alcohol" "that’s when she wants to experiment with wrong things"