At The Asia Adams Save OUR Children Foundation, we want to include the many voices of OUR teens. We feel all children and teens are the children's children of OUR generations. Issues regarding teen relationships, reducing risks of being a victim of dating violence, preventing sexual assault, and avoiding any unhealthy behaviors will improve your chances for a physically and emotionally healthy life. This is the core of our existence. In the meantime, lift up your voices.
The idea to target teen dating violence is a smart tactic to me. If education and prevention methods are taught and explained at younger ages the message will be better put to use. In some cases this is when some types of abuse behin even if small, the one who is getting abused might begin to think that this is okay and the problem will esculate. Graduating from high school not even a year ago I witnessed form of dating viloence and thought nothing of it. It was just something that was ignored and no body payed any attention to. Involving teens and spreding the word through them will change the mindset me and my friends had while in high school. It is beter to teach some one and get them out of a bad habit before they are stuck in a situation thinking it is okay or before they lose thier life dealing with a domesticly violent partner. This progam goes with my theroy that dating violence classes should be given as young as middle school throghout high school so the message gets across. Including teens is a way to help save a generation and put a hault to domestic violence. A lot of situations occur out of lack of knowledge and the only way to eliminate that is to ducate.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Patrick i think its a good idea that you are deciding to target teen dating violence. I just have one suggestion I think maybe you should try to find teenagers that have experienced dating violence. I know that I mentioned before that I was in a domestic violence situation. I was a teenager at the time and if you would like to my testimony you can. I know that you may want to express the different types of abuse. I can't stress enough how much young people unaware that abuse is more than just physical.
ReplyDeleteThe subject of teen dating violence is one that is taboo and difficult to tackle. Many people do not want to even acknowledge that their teens are having romantic relationships let alone speak of dating violence as it may be an issue for them. The problem that we incur is that teens are not educated about a problem that exists in our society, which is teen dating violence. After conducting my interviews, I realized just how ignorant many students are about information regarding this topic. My respondents requested information mostly. The safespace website has so many great resources that teens and students can use. the information is written in such a way that it isn't boring, but it quickly gets to the heart of the matter in a way that the target group can understand. This information is extremely relevant and is EXACTLY what my respondents requested, especially the portion that included the quick facts, tips, and pop quizzes. This website is such a great resource for students and can be used in many different instances.
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