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Signs of Unhealthy Relationships
-Uses criticism
-Disimilar values
-Wants to spend every minute together
-Seeks control
-Jealousy issues
-Possessive
-Lacks openness
-Violent in arguments
-Makes one feel less
-Inability to forgive
-Nearly 1.5 million high school students nationwide experience physical abuse from a dating partner in a single year.
-One in three adolescents in the U.S. is a victim of physical, sexual, emotional or verbal abuse from a dating partner, a figure that far exceeds rates of other types of youth violence.
-One in 10 high school students has been purposefully hit, slapped or physically hurt by a boyfriend or girlfriend.
-Teens who suffer dating abuse are subject to long-term consequences like alcoholism, eating disorders, promiscuity, thoughts of suicide, and violent behavior.
-In the U.S., 25% of high school girls have been abused physically or sexually. Teen girls who are abused this way are 6 times more likely to become pregnant or contract a sexually transmitted infection (STI).
Teen Dating Violence
Facts from: https://www.dosomething.org/us/facts/11-facts-about-teen-dating-violence
http://www.loveisrespect.org/resources/dating-violence statistics/