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cleanliness is not maintained there are Activity 7.6 chances of catching bacterial infection. Collect data on the number of Girls should take special care of cleanliness during the time of menstrual children in your class who exercise flow. They should keep track of their regularly and who do not exercise menstrual cycle and be prepared for the regularly. Did you notice any onset of menstruation. Use sanitary difference in their fitness and napkin or clean homemade pads. health? Prepare a report on the Change pads after every 4–5 hours as benefits of regular exercise. per the requirement. Say “NO” to Drugs Physical exercise Adolescence is a period of much Walking and playing in fresh air keeps the body fit and healthy. All young boys activity in the body and mind which and girls should take walks, exercise is a normal part of growing up. So do and play outdoor games. not feel confused or insecure. If anybody suggests that you will get Myths, Taboos, Do’s and Don’ts You have learnt here and from Chapter relief if you take some drugs, just say 6 the scientific facts related to human ‘No’ unless prescribed by the doctor. Drugs are addictive. If you take them reproduction. There are many wrong notions which you should now be able once, you feel like taking them again to discard as informed adolescents. For and again. They harm the body in the example, there are myths and taboos long run. They ruin health and regarding bodily changes that happiness. adolescents experience. Some of these are given below and you can now argue You must have heard about AIDS why these are myths and not facts. which is caused by a dangerous virus, 1. A girl becomes pregnant if HIV. This virus can pass on to a she looks at boys during normal person from an infected menstruation. person by sharing the syringes used 2. The mother is responsible for the for injecting drugs. It can also be sex of her child. 3. A girl should not be allowed to transmitted to an infant from the work in the kitchen during infected mother through her milk. The menstruation. virus can also be transmitted through You may come across many other myths sexual contact with a person infected and taboos. Discard them. with HIV. Adolescent Pregnancy You might be knowing that in our country, the legal age for marriage is 18 years for girls and 21 years for boys. This is because teenage mothers are not prepared mentally or physically for motherhood. Early marriage and motherhood cause health problems in the mother and the child. It also curtails employment opportunities for the young woman and may cause mental agony as she is not ready for responsibilities of motherhood. 88 SCIENCE 2024-25