Welcome Cary Academy Parents

Parent-Connect 2008-2009

Topic: Healthy Relationships
Special Focus: Teen "Hook-Up" Culture
Live Session: April 6, 2009, from 8:00-9:00PM, EST

Middle school students are texting each other for sexual "favors." High school students are importing "eye candy" through Hot or Not to their parties. College students say the Facebook "Poke" is the batter's box before you rush around the bases. How aware are you of the current trends in teen relationship culture? Can your child beat the odds when it comes to the pressure to have "friends with benefits?" Join our session presenters for this insider's guide to teen "hook-up" culture. This program also covers the signs and symptoms of dating violence and abuse, as well as how to help your child end an unhealthy relationship.

Recording From: May 5th, 2008

One in four women is the victim of rape or sexual assault in her lifetime. As many as one in six men is the victim of sexual violence. Most of these victims are under age 18. Can your child beat the odds when this issue affects all cultures, socio-economic groups, religions, races, and ethnicities? Join our session to learn how to reduce your child’s risk as well as respond appropriately if your child is assaulted. This program covers the signs and symptoms of dating violence and abuse, as well as how to help your child end an unhealthy relationship.

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National Resources

For Support

• California Coalition Against Sexual Assault, www.calcasa.org. Contains an online resource center.

 

• Love Is Respect.org, www.loveisrespect.org, 866.331.9474. Provides a resource center, online chat with Peer Advocates, and a 24 hour hotline.

 

• Monterey County Rape Crisis Center, www.mtryrapecrisis.org, 831.375.4357, 831.424.4357. Contains prevention services, Spanish information, and a 24 hour crisis hotline.

 

• My Strength, www.mystrength.org. Provides information to help young men prevent rape.

 

• 7 Things Your Teenager Won't Tell You And How to Talk About Them Anyway, www.7thingsyourteen.com, by Jenifer Marshall Lippioncott and Dr. Robin Deutsch. More information about the book coauthored by our presenter, Jenifer Marshall Lippincott including the Rules of Play.

 

For More Information

• Safe State, www.safestate.org. Provides resources and information about preventing dating violence.

 

• Saving Beauty from the Beast: How to Protect Your Daughter from an Unhealthy Relationship, by Vicki Crompton and Ellen Zelda Kessner. Information for parents to help their child cope with and end an unhealthy relationship.

 

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