Love is respect – National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline

South Carolina girls in the Midlands are listening to women who have been through the same things that they have. Last Thursday, they met to open up discussion on dating violence and teen pregnancy. The girls are learning more about situations before they fall into them. Read the story here.

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Did you know? There are 67 different ways to abuse someone with a cell phone. Liz Claiborne Inc. and the Education Development Center Inc. are going into classrooms for conversations about technology and dating abuse. Diane Beni teaches in the program and admits that “kids know more than we do. And the middle man is gone. No one is calling the house. No one is developing photos at the drug store.” Click here to see what else Columbia High students are talking about in class. The program will be in high schools nationwide.

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One in three teens are in an abusive relationship and Wisconsin students want to break the silence. For a second-year project called “Refuse 2 Bruise,” Evansvile High students painted windows on their city’s main street to take a stand against abusive relationships. Some wore t-shirts with “When push comes to shove, it’s no longer love.” One student, Janes, painted numbers on a cell phone to spread the message that abuse happens more through technology now. The project spreads the idea that if you take a stand against abuse now, you can form better relationships later. Read the full story from Wisconsin’s Channel 3000 by clicking here .

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