Teen dating awareness

Lets talk about relationships and dating

By Ari Dato

Poll

Warm up: Which is your favorite day of the week?

• Friday

• Saturday

• Sunday

• Thursday

Multiple Select

What do you do?: You want to go to the movies but your partner wants to go shopping.

• Compromise. Shop tonight, movies tomorrow.

• Try really hard to convince your partner to do what you want.

• Start a fight. You need them to be down to do what you want.

• Do what your partner wants to do but be secretly angry about it.

Multiple Select

WWYD?: Your partner keeps teasing you about something that actually hurts your feelings.

• Tell them to shut up and roll your eyes

• tell them privately they are hurting your feelings and ask them to stop.

• tease them back about something you know will burn them a little bit

• Say nothing & laugh it. You dont wanna seem like you can't take a joke.

Multiple Select

What do you do?: You're rushing to class when you see your partner talking and laughing with someone you don't know.

• keep going to class- you're glad your boo is having fun and making friends.

• Keep going but you feel a bit jealous and wonder if it was flirting. You'll check in later.

• walk by & give a sus look & tell your partner you don't want them hanging out with people you don't know.

• Go outside and pull your partner away and yell at them about cheating

Multiple Choice

The definition of dating is:

• two people in a committed relationship with each other

• Two people casually seeing each other

• people who are spending time and talking but maybe also talking to others

• there is no definition

Answer: There is no specific definition

Dating means different things to different people especially across generations, cultures and experiences. No matter what, it's important to make sure you’re on the same page with your partner in setting the definitions & boundaries of your relationship.

Multiple Choice

How many teens experience dating violence?

• 1 in 22 teens

• 1 in 2 teens

• 1 in 12 teens

• 1 in 43 teens

Answer: 1 in 12

Think about that in the context of a classroom. This is a lot of people.

Multiple Choice

True or False: Teen dating violence can lead to higher rates of anxiety, depression, and drug use.

• True

• False

​Answer: True

The hard and traumatic things that you experience at any point in your life can contribute to mental health issues, but this is especially true when the trauma happens while people are young, and their brains are still developing.

Multiple Choice

True or False: Only 47% of teens who are in abusive relationships tell someone about it.

• True

• False

Answer: False

Only 33% of teens who are in abusive relationships tell someone about it.

Multiple Choice

Girls & young women between the ages of 16 & 24 experience the highest rate of intimate partner violence. This rate is:

• 1.5 times higher than the National average.

• twice the National average.

• 3 times the national average.

• the same rate as everyone else.

Answer: 3 times the national average.

This is a complicated issue and there is not a simple or single answer as to why young girls experience dating abuse rates so much higher than the average.

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What do you think some solutions or supports to this problem could be?

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What do you think some solutions or supports to this problem could be?

Poll

Rate how much you agree: I feel like I have strong support systems in my life.

• I strongly disagree

• I disagree

• I don't know

• I agree

• I strongly agree

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Name at least one person you feel you can go to when you need emotional support

Multiple Choice

True or False: Teen boys are more likely to report feeling supported than girls are

• True

• False

Answer: true

What could be a reason that boys would feel more supported that girls?

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What could be a reason that boys would feel more supported that girls?

Multiple Choice

A 2022 study showed how many people in the world felt "very supported"

• 22%

• 35%

• 56%

• 77%

Answer: Only 35% of people

Are you surprised by this answer? Why or Why not?

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How can you offer support to those around you?

• Encourage them to join you in positive activities

• If things escalate and become dangerous, get professional help.

• Reach out privately and express concern, listen without judgment.

• Suggest seeking support from a trusted adult like a teacher or parent.

Ways you can help a friend who is struggling:

Resources available in Lompoc

• Domestic Violence solutions

• North County Rape Crisis & Child Protection Center

• SAFTY- youth crisis hotline

• Casa Pacifica

Other resources

• WhatIsLove.org

• LoveIsRespect.org