February Is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, a health observance to promote awareness about youth relationship violence and programs that are effective in preventing it.
Teen dating violence has negative effects on a young person’s physical, emotional, social, and academic well being. A recent opinion piece in The Bay Citizen highlighted the devastating repercussions of teen dating violence through the discussion of a tragic 2011 case in San Leandro that ended fatally for both teens in an abusive relationship.
Around 7% of 11th graders in CA public schools in 2006-2008 reported experiencing dating violence (i.e., having been hit, slapped, punched, or otherwise hurt by a boyfriend/girlfriend) within the previous year.
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Posted by Stacey Angeles
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