Healthy Relationships
Our relationships with other people have a direct impact on our level of confidence and vice versa. When we lack confidence, we tend to get involved in unhealthy relationships. Below are resources you can use as you seek to develop healthy relationships with friends, family and others.
Child Abuse
Emotional abuse can severely affect a child’s self-esteem. Get tips for parents on preventing emotional abuse and other forms of child abuse - www.preventchildabuse.org
Discover ways you can support kids and parents to help reduce stress that can lead to abuse and neglect - www.preventchildabuse.org
Dating/Domestic Abuse
Is it abuse? Review this list - www.thehotline.org
Join the Million Voices Campaign to end domestic violence - www.thehotline.org
Get the facts on violence against women - www.womenshealth.gov
Make a personal safety plan using this checklist - www.thehotline.org
Speak up when a friend is in an abusive relationship. Find out about the So Say It Campaign - www.loveisrespect.org
Friendship
Celebrate International Women’s Friendship Month with your girlfriends - www.womensfriendshipmonth.com
Get advice from the Friendship Doctor - www.opheliaproject.org
Curricula on Relational Aggression – It Has a Name: Relational Aggression; Cybercool; Kids Helping Kids; and more grade level materials - www.opheliaproject.org
Bullying isn’t limited to the playground. Are you a victim of workplace bullying? - www.workplacebullying.org
Be kind to others! Watch the documentary on bullying and other “girl against girl” crime created by the Kind Campaign - www.kindcampaign.com
What is hazing? - www.hazingprevention.org
Hazing in View: National Hazing Study – Learn more about the prevalence and dangers of hazing on college campuses - www.gordie.org
HAZE the Movie – Order this movie to educate your group about hazing - www.gordie.org
Hazing Laws – Find out what the laws in your state say about hazing - www.stophazing.org
Myths and Facts about Hazing - www.gordie.org