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Posted: 9:44 AM Jul 8, 2008
State Legal Officers Push For Teen Education On Abuse
A Liz Claiborne survey of tweens, teens and parents found kids as young as 11 and 12 are subjected to at least verbal abuse on dates.
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Top state legal officers are moving to stop dating abuse of tweens and teens.
The National Association of Attorneys General is launching a nationwide effort to educate kids in 7th through 12th grade about dating violence and abuse. The move began with association president Patrick Lynch, the Rhode Island attorney general, after a push by parents of a girl murdered by an abusive boyfriend.
The school curriculum in Rhode Island now includes dating abuse.
A Liz Claiborne survey of tweens, teens and parents found kids as young as 11 and 12 are subjected to at least verbal abuse on dates. Many 13- and 14-year-olds say they know of dates involving verbal, physical and sexual abuse.
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Posted by: KD
Location: colo springs
on Jul 8, 2008 at 11:33 AM
I think it is crucial for Colorado to get more classes and/or seminars in our Middle Schools and High Schools regards verbal abuse. If I had known then what I know now, I would have never been in the relationship I was in. It took me years to overcome some of the verbal abuse I took.
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