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• Chris Brown As Charlie Brown

  Mad Magazine isn't nearly as funny as it used to be. Part of that is because I'm much older than I once was, but I really do think that the quality has definitely fallen off in the last (gulp) couple of decades. But this time they nailed it. Read More... Posted Apr 15 2009, 07:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: charlie brown, peanuts, domestic violence, parody, dating violence, Brett Singer, chris brown, rihanna, mad magazine

• Why Teens Are Quick to Blame Rihanna

  In the wake of a chilling survey that found that nearly half of Boston area teens believe it was Rihanna’s fault that her boyfriend Chris Brown beat her up so badly she had to be hospitalized, the New York Times has spoken with teenagers around the country and the resulting article is one of the most disturbing things I’ve read in years. Read More... Posted Mar 21 2009, 05:45 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: teenagers, dating violence, abusive relationships, blame the victim, chris brown, rihanna

• Teens Talk Back to the Media on Dating Violence

  If you're like me, it doesn't matter that your kids are years away from "dating."  Teen attitudes towards romance, relationships, sex and...violence are something you worry about well in advance of that first Significant Other in your child's life. A Chicago-area organization called Females United for Action works gives teenage girls a place to develop awareness and an action plan when it comes to sexism, heterosexism, violence and other problems facing young women and girls.  Two smart young women, Alex Pates (age 15) and Ansheera Ace Hilliard (age 17) have published a statement on Read More... Posted Mar 12 2009, 08:30 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with no comments Filed under: dating violence, Shannon LC Cate, chris brown, women and girls collective action network, femAales united for action, rhianna

• Teaching Teens to Recognize Abusive Relationships

  A recent study in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine found that a full third of college students were involved in an abusive relationship at some point before they started college. And a survey of 1,000 children found that 25 percent of kids aged 11 to 14 had been harassed and verbally degraded by their boyfriend or girlfriend through phone calls or text messages, often late at night when their parents were sleeping. One of the main reasons for these alarmingly high numbers is that teenage romance is bound to be sticky and confusing, so youth are often blind to behaviors that could be a harbinger of violence. Read More... Posted Jan 04 2009, 03:49 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: parents, teens, teenagers, high school, abuse, domestic violence, preteens, dating violence, abusive relationships, romance, adolescents, recognizing an abusive relationship, preventing dating abuse, dating abuse, heather norris, deborah norris, teen dating violence, educators

• Teaching Healthy Relationship Skills in Health Class

  Here's some good news on the sex education front.  "A new law in Rhode Island called the Lindsay Ann Burke Act requires all public middle and high schools to teach students about dating violence in their health classes."  Named for a young girl killed by her abusive boyfriend, the law mandates teaching the warning signs of an abusive relationship in the public high schools.  But more than just signs of abuse, the classes also Read More... Posted Oct 09 2008, 12:00 PM by Shannon LC Cate with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: sex education, domestic violence, dating violence, abusive relationships, Shannon LC Cate, Lindsay Anne Burke Act, health classes

• The Well-Kept Secret of the Abusive Teen Relationship

  For several months I attended a support group for women in or recovering from abusive relationships. It's the kind of thing you never expect to find yourself attending, yet once you do you wonder why you waited so long. There was a girl there in her very early twenties, who had left a relationship that began when she was 14. As the weeks went on I heard her matter-of-factly relate stories that I found appalling in their honesty and brutality, and the overall theme seemed to be that the majority of the physical and emotional abuse she withstood took place on the grounds of the high school they attended. In front of other kids. And not one person said or did anything to help her. Read More... Posted Sep 24 2007, 11:04 AM by Karen Murphy with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: teens, teenagers, dating violence, reproductive control, abusive relationships