From Wild Frontier on Thursday, April 16, 2015 @ 7:07 AM PST
Personal note from Brenda: I strongly believe that teens should not be dating. I also know that teens hunger after this trying to fill that need to know that they are loveable and worthy of love. Because of this real need, too many teens accept a poor version of love often contorting their very selves to remain in a relationship. In fact, nearly 20% of both boys and girls reported themselves as victims of physical and sexual abuse in dating relationships. That is 1 out of 5! When the same survey asked about psychological abuse--broadly defined as actions ranging from name-calling to excessive tracking of a victim--more than 60% of each gender reported being victims and perpetrators of such behavior. Stop and ponder that—over 60%! Over half of teens believe this behavior was okay in a dating relationship. All so they could stay in the relationship to figure out if they are loveable and worthy of love. Source. This grieves me. These beautiful and fragile hearts of teens—and women!!!!—are being destroyed because they believe this is okay as long as they have a relationship. From this grief, I've created a free downloadable resource to hopefully change this thinking error. Remember doing flash cards as a child when learning the multiplication table? These are flash cards you can print out and run through with your daughter—or someone else's daughter. The answer she has to give is simple—either yes or no. Statements are posed such as: There are some things that the two of you just can't talk about because you fear his reaction. His influence develops your ability to love and be responsible.
