VOA慢速英語:What Parents Can Do to Help Prevent Dating Abuse

[ti:What Parents Can Do to Help Prevent Dating Abuse] [ar:Karen Leggett] [al:Health Report] [00:00.00]This is the VOA Special English Health Report. [00:07.86]Today we take another look at teaching young people [00:11.22]how to build healthy relationships. [00:14.32]Last week we told you about a new study [00:18.62]in the United States. Fifteen percent of [00:20.67]seventh graders in that study [00:24.15]said they had experienced physical violence [00:27.51]in a relationship with the opposite sex. [00:30.93]Seventh graders are about twelve years old. [00:35.66]Concerns about dating abuse at such a young age [00:39.02]are leading to new programs to teach [00:41.57]eleven- to fourteen-year-olds about [00:43.69]healthy relationships. [00:46.61]The northwestern state of Idaho [00:50.47]has had a program for the last few years [00:55.88]called Start Strong Idaho. Director Kelly Miller [00:59.55]says healthy relationships depend on open, [01:03.41]honest communication -- and that starts [01:07.88]with communication between children and parents. [01:10.43]KELLY MILLER: "We need to connect with parents [01:13.66]so parents understand that they are critical [01:15.84]in terms of helping young people [01:17.83]understand healthy relationships." [01:21.62]Ms. Miller advises parents to talk with their children [01:25.54]anytime they can. Parent-child communication [01:30.15]may not always prevent an abusive relationship [01:32.33]between teenagers or preteens. [01:35.93]But experts say it can reduce the risk. [01:40.66]Seventy-five percent of students in the study said [01:42.78]they talk to their parents about [01:45.27]the issue of dating violence. [01:48.50]A good time to have a conversation [01:51.86]about a difficult issue is during a family meal [01:57.15]or after watching a movie or television show together. [02:00.63]Kelly Miller says young people need rules [02:04.30]and boundaries. They also need the skills [02:06.94]to be able to resist pressure [02:09.05]to be on the phone all the time [02:12.22]or to text when they should be sleeping. [02:17.64]The Start Strong Idaho website offers some advice. [02:22.05]For instance, watch out for these signs [02:26.28]that a phone could be part of an abusive relationship: [02:29.52]Feeling like you have to answer text messages [02:32.94]or calls right away. Feeling like the texts [02:36.73]you receive have gone from caring to controlling. [02:40.61]Being pressured to constantly be on your phone, [02:42.60]even when you are with friends. [02:47.64]And being pressured to send sexual texts or pictures. [02:51.44]Kelly Miller also tells young people [02:53.99]not to write anything on Facebook [02:56.37]that they would not want their parents [02:58.61]or other family members to see. [03:01.48]And she reminds them that [03:04.28]there is no need to accept friend requests [03:07.70]from strangers -- or to give your phone number [03:10.00]to someone you don't know. [03:14.16]Start Strong Idaho holds separate workshops [03:17.46]for parents and teens and also brings [03:21.36]the two groups together. Kelly Miller says, [03:25.28]during these meetings, families often learn things [03:27.57]they never knew about each other. [03:29.43]KELLY MILLER: "One mom came up and said [03:31.56]'I'm so thankful there was this workshop tonight [03:35.42]because I found out my son not only was dating [03:37.72]but currently has two girlfriends [03:39.90]at the same time and didn't understand [03:41.08]the problem with that." [03:43.82]And that's the VOA Special English [03:47.24]Health Report. You can read and listen to [03:50.35]last week's program, and all of our programs [03:52.09]for people learning English, [03:58.20]at voa.com. I'm Karen Leggett.

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