This month gives us an opportunity to shed light on a very devastating epidemic. 1 in 3 teens will experience some form of dating violence this year.
And dating violence can happen to any teen, any race, any place, any time.
Dating violence can be emotional, sexual, financial, digital, stalking, verbal, and/or physical.
And Today is Time to Talk Day:
Conversations about healthy relationships are happening all across the country on NO MORE Silence: It's Time To Talk Day!
Get Involved:
- Pledge to have a conversation with a young person in your life about healthy relationships on It's Time To Talk Day, Feb. 4, 2014. See where conversations and events are happening nationwide
- Tell two people about It's Time To Talk Day, and encourage them to do the same! Tools to help start the conversation
- Become an advocate: Join the Love Is Not Abuse Coalition, a group of thousands of healthy relationship advocates who have made it their mission to bring education and other dating abuse prevention resources to their families and communities. Click here to join.
- Attend (and invite friends to) a Talk-A-Thon near you! Break the Cycle will host a national Talk-A-Thon in New York City that anyone can participate in and support. Click here for details and to RSVP!
- Host an It's Time To Talk Day Talk-A-Thon in your community!These dynamic conversation events will bring groups of parents and advocates, large and small, together to learn, share and talk about this important issue. The Talk-A-Thon Guide has everything you need to host your own.
About the Day:
Hosted by Break the Cycle's Love Is Not Abuse Campaign, It’s Time To Talk Day is an annual awareness day that aims to generate conversations about healthy relationships and prevent teen dating violence and abuse.
Starting a conversation about a tough topic can be hard. Sometimes a good book can help start the difficult discussion. Break From You is a young adult novel that focuses on teen dating abuse.
Join me throughout the month of February in raising awareness.
The history of Teen DV month:
For years, young people across the nation have organized to put a stop to dating abuse. With their adult allies, they achieved a major victory in 2005 when the importance of addressing teen dating abuse was highlighted in the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act.
The following year, Congress followed the lead of dozens of national, state and local organizations in sounding the call to end dating abuse. Both Chambers declared the first full week in February "National Teen Dating Violence Prevention and Awareness Week." Then in 2010, they began dedicating the entire month of February to teen dating violence awareness and prevention.
9 comments:
Sad we need a whole month, isn't it?
I do agree. But it's a great reminder to talk about the tough topics.
Great that you brought this up and pulled it out of the shadows. I think it starts with raising young boys right (as that's where a lot of the violence comes from). The more we talk about it, the harder it is to hide the facts.
Thanks for continuing to spread the word. My oldest son dealt with bullying for the past few years at school. It seems to have stopped so far, but our conversations about it will never stop.
What is bullying, what is not, how to help a friend, how to seek help if you're in the crosshairs... you can't talk too much about it.
Wow, that's a steep statistic. I didn't know... yet I'm not surprised. Is that sad?
Will definitely strive to keep communication open! The more aware we are, the better.
Thanks everyone for joining me in starting the conversation of teen dating violence. We need to stop the silence!
I think this is an aspect that's always been part of society, but simply ignored. Isn't it great that we live in a day and age when people are actually paying attention to it?
Such an important topic to keep in the public eye. So many kids are victims of violence and stalking. Awareness is our only defense.
Your work is very admirable, Rebecca. You should be very proud at what your doing!
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