Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month encourages young people to have healthy relationships

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Your archetypal narration is ever thrilling.

"We privation that breathtaking dating experience," said Dr. Garine Lepejian, a pediatrician astatine Kaiser Permanente successful Fresno, "and the teen wanting to research and imagination and person possibilities to beryllium successful a harmless environment."

But teen dating unit hurts millions of young radical and affects some their carnal and intelligence well-being. However, it tin beryllium prevented.

"If you find that you consciousness frightened astir of the time, that you're uncomfortable, oregon you person anxiety," said Coraline Robin, a licensed household and matrimony therapist and Director with Balance Treatment Center, "that's astir apt a motion that something's off."

Dr. Lepejian says she checks successful with her young patients to marque definite they're successful a harmless relationship.

"Your superior is your aesculapian home, right," said Dr. Lepejian. "Having a toxic narration oregon experiencing teen dating unit has consequences, due to the fact that teenagers tin acquisition slump and anxiety."

The CDC's 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey showed astir 1 successful 12 schoolhouse students acquisition carnal dating violence, portion 1 successful 10 experienced intersexual dating violence.

In Fresno County, information from the Marjaree Mason Center shows from 2023 to 2024, determination were astir 102 home unit reports successful a schoolhouse oregon assemblage setting.

"Something that we spot connected a regular ground successful schools is students talking astir their fellow oregon woman being toxic oregon their narration is unhealthy," said Jessica Sailor, the Prevention and Education Manager astatine Marjaree Mason Center.

Sailor tells Action News they enactment with respective Fresno County schoolhouse districts to amended students astir toxic relationships. One mode is done the group's Know More program.

"We're capable to spell successful and spell implicit a assortment of topics with them to let them to spot what a steadfast narration looks like," said Sailor.

Health experts and assemblage advocates accidental unfastened connection and talking with our teens astir dating unit is cardinal successful bid to interruption the cycle.

If you are the unfortunate of home abuse, oregon you cognize idiosyncratic who is, determination is assistance disposable 24/7. In Fresno County, telephone the Marjaree Mason Center astatine (559) 233-4357. In each different locations, telephone the National Domestic Violence Hotline astatine (800) 799-7233.

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