February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month
For activities and sample materials – book club questions, movie discussion questions and more - for National Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Month, click here.
Building Healthy Teen Relationships in a Digital Age
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Start Strong Idaho Student Contest
For the Middle School or Junior High School Contest Reporting Form, click here.
What We Love Writing Contest
Writing must be 75 words or less (title does not count). The prompt is “What We Love” and should focus on healthy teen relationships or teen dating abuse. The writing can be any format – poetry, rap, essay, or fiction! Deadline for submission is March 15, 2010. Entries will be
judged on effectiveness of message, creativity, originality, and imagery. Click here to email your entry in the 2010 What We Love writing contest.
Are you looking for the same qualities in a boyfriend or girlfriend as in a friend? How do you want to be treated by a girlfriend or boyfriend? How will you treat a boyfriend or girlfriend? You should think about these questions if you are in a relationship and even before you start dating. Whether you hang or have a boyfriend or girlfriend – this website is for you!
Sound Relationships
Start Strong Boston teens developed a Sound Relationships nutritional labels, for you to become song lyric nutritionists by identifying relationship ingredients that make up a song. Using printed song lyrics as a guide, count the number of healthy relationship themes, such as respect, equality, and trust, which are present in the song. And, like fattening calories, unhealthy relationship themes - possession, disrespect, and manipulation - are also counted. The number of times these themes are mentioned also factor into to the song's total nutritional value. Click here for the Sound Relationships label and add healthy and unhealthy song relationships to the list. Idaho Teens identify healthy relationship song lyrics
INDIVIDUALITY “She got her own thing that’s why I love her.” Miss Independent by Ne-yo
ACCEPTANCE “If my heart was a house you'd be home.” If My Heart Was A House by Owl City
SAFETY I’ll stand by you. Won’t let nobody hurt you.” I’ll Stand by You by Carrie Underwood
TRUST “When it all becomes too much you’re never far behind.” Only You Can Love Me this Way by Keith
Urban
SUPPORT “I'm the one who makes you laugh when you know you're 'bout to cry.” You Belong With Me by
Taylor Swift
RESPECT “Well open up your mind and see like me.” I’m Yours by Jason Miraz
EQUALITY “Can you meet me halfway.” Meet Me Halfway by Black-Eyed Peas
COMMUNICATION – “When we're on the phone and he talks real slow 'cause it's late and his mama don't
know.” Our Song by Taylor Swift
Support for this web site was provided by a grant from Start Strong: Building Healthy Teen Relationships, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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