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• Why Teens Are Quick to Blame Rihanna

  In the wake of a chilling survey that found that nearly half of Boston area teens believe it was Rihanna’s fault that her boyfriend Chris Brown beat her up so badly she had to be hospitalized, the New York Times has spoken with teenagers around the country and the resulting article is one of the most disturbing things I’ve read in years. Read More... Posted Mar 21 2009, 05:45 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: teenagers, dating violence, abusive relationships, blame the victim, chris brown, rihanna

• Teaching Teens to Recognize Abusive Relationships

  A recent study in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine found that a full third of college students were involved in an abusive relationship at some point before they started college. And a survey of 1,000 children found that 25 percent of kids aged 11 to 14 had been harassed and verbally degraded by their boyfriend or girlfriend through phone calls or text messages, often late at night when their parents were sleeping. One of the main reasons for these alarmingly high numbers is that teenage romance is bound to be sticky and confusing, so youth are often blind to behaviors that could be a harbinger of violence. Read More... Posted Jan 04 2009, 03:49 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: parents, teens, teenagers, high school, abuse, domestic violence, preteens, dating violence, abusive relationships, romance, adolescents, recognizing an abusive relationship, preventing dating abuse, dating abuse, heather norris, deborah norris, teen dating violence, educators

• Teaching Healthy Relationship Skills in Health Class

  Here's some good news on the sex education front.  "A new law in Rhode Island called the Lindsay Ann Burke Act requires all public middle and high schools to teach students about dating violence in their health classes."  Named for a young girl killed by her abusive boyfriend, the law mandates teaching the warning signs of an abusive relationship in the public high schools.  But more than just signs of abuse, the classes also Read More... Posted Oct 09 2008, 12:00 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: sex education, domestic violence, dating violence, abusive relationships, Shannon LC Cate, Lindsay Anne Burke Act, health classes

• Spanking Leads to Sex Problems

  A new study claims that children who were spanked may be at a higher risk for sexual problems later in life. Initial findings of the study suggest in addition to being spanked, kids who were slapped or hit, had objects thrown at them are at a greater risk for being coercive with a sexual partner or engage in masochism (or get aroused by spanking). Yikes! Generations of parents flogging themselves from shame after reading this report. The good news is ... Read More... Posted Feb 29 2008, 08:06 AM by Madeline Holler with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: discipline, parenting philosophies, spanking, abuse, hitting, parenting styles, hitting kids, abusive parents, parent behavior, abusive relationships, abused children

• The Well-Kept Secret of the Abusive Teen Relationship

  For several months I attended a support group for women in or recovering from abusive relationships. It's the kind of thing you never expect to find yourself attending, yet once you do you wonder why you waited so long. There was a girl there in her very early twenties, who had left a relationship that began when she was 14. As the weeks went on I heard her matter-of-factly relate stories that I found appalling in their honesty and brutality, and the overall theme seemed to be that the majority of the physical and emotional abuse she withstood took place on the grounds of the high school they attended. In front of other kids. And not one person said or did anything to help her. Read More... Posted Sep 24 2007, 11:04 AM by Karen Murphy with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: teens, teenagers, dating violence, reproductive control, abusive relationships