Teen Dating Violence

What is abuse?

• treat (a person or an animal) with cruelty or violence, especially regularly or repeatedly
• to be mean to someone all the time.
• the improper use of something
• to treat a person with kindness and friendliness especially on repeated occasion.

What is teen dating violence

• Teen Dating Violence (TDV) is when two people get into a relationship and one of the people is always mad
• Teen Dating Violence (TDV) is when two teens get into a relationship that is based on love and care
• Teen dating violence (TDV) is a pattern of behavior that includes physical, emotional, verbal or sexual abuse used by one person in an intimate relationship to exert power and control over another.
• Teen Dating Violence (TDV) is when teens enjoy spending time with each other.

What are the different types of abuse?

• Physical, Verbal Emotional, Sexual
• Standard, Complex, Extreme
• Hitting, Punching, Kicking
• First Offense, Second Offense and Third Offense

What is one way to stop abuse?

• Keep it inside
• Fight Back
• Ask them to stop
• Talk to someone

What are two warning signs of abuse?

• Your partner provides you with love and emotional support.
• You seem really happy when you are around your partner
• You are constantly apologizing for something you didn't do. You are afraid to disagree with them
• Your partner is constantly beating on you. 

What does honeymoon mean?

• After two people have just got married and now they are on their way to some fancy beach.
•  The abuser tries to make the target stay in the relationship by apologizing and/or trying to shift the blame for the abuse onto someone or something else. The couple will apologize and peace will be restored.
• The part of the relationship where couples can have intercourse

What does the cycle of violence do?

• The Cycle of Violence depicts a pattern often experienced in abusive relationships. The three phases repeat over and over
• The cycle of violence shows you how you can inherit violence from an ancestor
• It teaches you how you can learn to abuse others
• It explains the process of how people abuse others