Teen Guide to Smart Dating
By: Kayla Lorentz and April Esser
Relationship advice
Some advice on healthy relationships is...
- Be respectful to your partner. If you respect them, they will respect you most likely.
- Be supportive. You need to encourage your partner.
- Speak up. Tell your partner if something is bothering you.
Benefits to Abstinence-
- not getting pregnant at an early age
- not getting an STD/HIV
- no regrets
Avoiding unplanned sexual activity
3 situations to avoid that will help prevent unplanned sexual activity are...
- A party with alcohol or drugs involved
- Being alone with the person without a parent around
Someone can report sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and child abuse
Go to someone that you can trust
Website: www.anythingthathastodowithharrasment.com
Phone: 911
Consequences of early sexual activity
3 consequences for early sexual activity are...
- You could get pregnant
- You could get an STD
- Regret
Characteristics of a healthy relationships and unhealthy romantic relationships
3 characteristics of healthy relationships are...
- Trust
- Things in common
- Caring to each other
Non healthy...
- Fighting
- Hate
- Cheating
STDs: Teen Sexual Health
Setting boundaries
- You know what your partner is and is not willing to do
Ways to show affection
- Putting arm around each other
- Kissing each other on the cheek
- Holding hands
Refusal and pressure lines
P: Come on, everyone is doing it
R: No they are not, only 16% of teens have sex by the age of 15
P: Well everyone that I know is doing it
R: Well everyone that I know is not
P: GRRRRR!
What we learned...
- That only 16% of teens have sex at the age of 15
- That you could get an STD or HIV
- You could get pregnant at an early age