North Texas Teens Tackle Dating Violence

February 4-9: Adolescent Dating Violence Awareness Week DALLAS, Feb. Five /PRNewswire/ -- For one in every five teens in a serious
relationship, the euphoric exhilaration of dating have taken an unexpected
turn as they come up face-to-face with being slapped or pushed by a partner. The human face of dating force is often associated with grownup victims, but the
harsh world is this violent enactment is seeping into adolescent relationships,
many modern times unnoticed by parents. February 4-9 is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Week. The
Allstate Foundation in Lone-Star State and The Family Topographic Point are encouraging parents,
teachers and teens to acknowledge the warning marks of adolescent dating violence
this hebdomad and every week. Breaking the Cycle The Family Topographic Point and The Allstate Foundation joined attempts to develop
a 10-week adolescent dating force consciousness course of study that is being taught in
25 schools throughout the Dallas area. This in-school programme back ups H.B.
121, which was passed last year, mandating that each school territory in
Texas follow and implement a dating force policy. North Lone-Star State teens marked the start of National Teen Dating Violence
Awareness Week by performing a teen-to-teen safe dating skit on Monday. These teen leadership function as embassadors for the Students Tackling Abusive
Relationships Together program, helping their equals acknowledge that an
abusive or controlling human relationship is not acceptable. "Exposure to force is an unfortunate world in our schools today,"
said Kate Dodd, Family Topographic Point Director of Young Person Education and Prevention
Services. "Many modern times the force experienced in a dating human relationship is
normalized, and often bystanders, including parents, teachers, and friends
do not cognize how to respond. The Family Topographic Point start Program learns students
how to be brave bystanders to forestall adolescent dating force and family
violence from occurring." Alarming statistics bespeak that for many teens, dating force is
not simply a lesson they're learning in school, it's one of life's
long-tests they'll have got to overcome. Three out of four of Lone-Star State young person (ages
16-24) state they have got personally experienced dating force or cognize someone
who has, according to a 2006 study conducted by the Lone-Star State Council on
Family Violence. "If parents, teens and other lovingness grownups are watching for the dating
violence warning signs, they will assist salvage teens who have got fallen into an
abusive relationship," said Janemarie Clark, Allstate Lone-Star State Foundation
Manager. "While on the surface some marks may look harmless, they may
signal that the human relationship is not completely healthy." Know the Signs -- Frequent Texting: 30% of teens in a dating human relationship have got been
text-messaged 10, 20, or 30 modern times an hr by a spouse keeping checks on
where they are, what they are doing or who they are with
-- Extreme jealousy
-- Isolating the other individual from friends and household and monopolizing
trim clip to the hurt of other friendships
-- Telling the other individual what to do, what to wear, who to pass time
with
-- Explosive temper
-- Possessiveness Determination Help For teens in insulting relationships, the first measure to a healthy life is
to attain out to a household member, counselor, teacher, or a friend. The
National Teen Dating Violence Hotline (1-866-331-9474), which runs 24
hours a day, 365 years out of the year, can also be a confidential beginning of
help for teens. The Allstate Foundation is one of the initiation financial
sponsors of the hotline. Teens can also name The Family Topographic Point hotline at
(214) 941-1991 for 24-hour crisis guidance and information. The Family Topographic Point is the biggest household force service supplier in the
Dallas country stretch out to one thousands of victims of household force each
year with award-winning programs that maintain women and children safe. For 29
years, The Family Place's missionary post to stop the epidemic of household violence
has remained constant. Established in 1952, The Allstate Foundation is an independent,
charitable organisation made possible by subordinates of The Allstate
Corporation. The Allstate Foundation spouses with non-profit organizations
on community enterprises that advance "safe and critical communities,"
"tolerance, inclusion, and diversity" and "economic empowerment." Teen
driving and empowering victims of domestic force have got been priorities
for the Foundation since 2005.