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Dealing With Heartbreaks
Everyone who has been into a relationship has experienced a break-up. It is definitely kind of hard to deal with, most particularly if the relationship you have been in is serious. You tend to be cathartic most of the time. In this article you will know ways on how to deal with break-ups and what is it all about. Read the article and find out how. Heartbreaks Heartbreak is usually the common term ... [Read More]
What Is Statutory Rape?
Remember Mary Kay Letourneau, the famous former schoolteacher who had a sexual relationship with her 13-year-old student and who gave birth to two children fathered by the same boy? This high profile case has been one of the faces of statutory rape in the United States. What is statutory rape?Statutory rape happens when an adult engages in sex with a minor or someone under the "age of consent... [Read More]
Date Rape: Protecting Yourself from Danger
Date rape is the term used for non-consensual sexual activity between two individuals who know each other previously. The unwanted action happens during seemingly normal or regular interaction between the individuals, such as a date, when one individual forcibly initiates the act. There is no single method used by the perpetrators of date rape to assail their victims, but they do use similar ploys... [Read More]
Teenage Dating and Statutory Rape
When your teenager wants to start datingThis issue has always been a stressful topic. Simply because parents want their children to be safe and because they children will always be their parents babies. Here are some tips to help you remain sane during this trying phase.More than ageIf your neighbors are letting their kids (same age as yours) date, doesn't mean you should. Not if your teen is not ... [Read More]
How to Get Out of an Abusive Relationship
It has been reported that 1 in 11 high school students are being physically hurt or abused by a date or boyfriend.But how can you tell if you are being abused?What Is Abuse?Abuse can take on several forms. There's physical abuse. There's emotional and verbal abuse. And lastly, there's sexual abuse. People sometimes mistake abuse for intense feelings of caring or concern. A common scenario is a ver... [Read More]
How To Prevent Date Rape
Most people think that rapists are strangers. The scary part is that about half of rape victims know who attacked them - boyfriends, dates, etc. The good news is, date rapes can be prevented.Preventing date rapesDo not get drunk at parties. Alcohol makes you behave differently. It decreases awareness and lessens inhibitions. It is wisest to stay sober and lucid, especially if you are in the compan... [Read More]
Teen and Abusive Relationships
As teens grow, they begin to get into relationships with the opposite sex their age. They start on understanding and experiencing first hand how such relationships work. But along the way, they might find themselves in an abusive relationship. Unfortunately, their relative inexperience in this area eventually lead some teens to believe that this might be normal. It is important for teens to unders... [Read More]
Teen: Signs That a Friend is Being Abused
Abuse in relationships can affect not only the two people on it, but also those that surround them. Friends can also be greatly affected if their friend is in an abusive relationship. But most would not do anything for fear of interfering. It would be big a mistake for friends to just let it be. There are times when friends have to interfere when they begin to suspect that a friend may be in an ab... [Read More]
Learning To Say No
Teens have difficulty in learning to say "no". They just can't seem to decline some things that they know would be against their will. And in can come in various situations. Friends trying out drugs can invite another teen to join them. Peer pressure would win out most of the time, just because a teenager does not know how to say "no" when it matters. In relationships, teenager... [Read More]
Getting Over a Breakup
If breaking up is hard to do, much more is getting over one. With all of those memories turning into unwanted baggage, one would need to be extra jaded or plain numb not to feel anything. Admittedly, it is difficult to say when you have gotten over a relationship. Sometimes you feel as though you are already completely free from it, only to fall back into the trap by just a few instances - a conve... [Read More]