Girl
meets crown prince of some mythical kingdom; they share love’s first kiss and
live happily ever after….or so claims the Disney propaganda that’s passed down
to children as lessons in love. Unfortunately, they soon learn life’s not a
fairytale. Cellar maids don’t become royalty, the world doesn’t spontaneously
break out into song and dance, and the prince and princess in stories aren’t
always charming.
In
real life, one in three teens experience dating violence; and 80% of parents
are unaware there’s a problem. Teen dating abuse has become such a large-scale
national issue that 10 states (including our own) have passed laws against this
type of violence and 14 others are bring up similar legislation. Congress also
has taken both notice and action by recently proclaiming February 2010 as
“National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month.”
Locally,
a new awareness campaign – Letter To My Child – is adding fuel to the
nationwide movement to increase public awareness by issuing a ‘call to action’
to
Created
as an extension of Verizon Wireless’ domestic violence awareness philanthropic
platform (HopeLine), Letter To My Child encourages
Have
you talked to your child yet about dating abuse?
Consider
observing the first National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention
Month by writing your own letter to your child to let them know you’re there
for when they need you. Write a letter, share it with other parents through
lettertomychild.org and help keep youths safe from dating violence.
Jasmine Parojiya 18 years old was found hanged in her bedroom. One months before she sent nude photos of herself to her boyfriend and what are you guessed it, when they broke up he distributed her photos for entire the world for the see. Jasmine was of course stressed, called a slut and a whore she became disheartened, depressed and a became an outsider at school.
http://www.datingsearchaustralia.com/blogs/february-is-teen-dating-awareness-month/
Posted by: christina | February 12, 2010 at 04:01 AM