Healthy Relationships
About Healthy Relationships
Healthy relationships are fun and rewarding because they make you feel good about yourself. Healthy relationships can occur with anyone in your life- not just a boyfriend or girlfriend.Relationships in your life are important. They help you get through tough times. But sometimes relationships can be unhealthy. It is important to know the difference betweem them.
Healthy Relationships include:
- Mutual Respect
- Trust
- Honesty
- Support
- Fairness/Equality and
- Good Communication
Am I in a healthy relationship? This website is for all teens.
GirlsHealth.gov is geared to girls and can shows skills for building strong and healthy relationships of all types:
This website also has a Teen Survival Guide: Tips for On The Go Girls (free or can download)
Young Womens Health: Gives you Health Information for teen girls around the world.
Stay Teen Goes Mobile:
StayTeen.org, an award-winning website for teens, can now by accessed through web-enabled handheld mobile devices by visiting http://m.stayteen.org/ .
At launch Stay Teen Mobile offers 3 popular features from StayTeen.org:
1. Birth Control 101: Featuring the most popular birth control methods for teens.
2. Features: Includes recent articles written by both teens and adults on a variety of topics incuding sex, waiting, relationships and more.
3. Find a Health Center: Lets the user find health centers and clinics near them.
Watch out for future additions and information.
Choosing Respect
Healthy relationships are built on a foundation of respect. Respect is a choice, and when you give it, you'll get it in return. So treat others the way you want to be treated.
There is such a thing known as cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is the use of technology to harass, threaten, embarass, or target another person. Online threats, rude texts, or messages count, also posting personal information or videos about someone else.
It is good to be aware at the meaning of cyberbullying. If you are feeling threatened, talk to a trusted adult.
Being picked on, or bullied is a sign or an unhealthy relationship. Try this site about bullying and what to do about it.
If you are afraid to leave a relationship because you feel threatened, talk to an adult or another trusted adult immediately.
Facts about Sexual Health
Learn the facts about sexual health with articles about puberty, menstruation, infections, abstinence, birthcontrol and just about everything else you wanted to know, for guys and girls.
There is a free, confidential health educator that will talk to you at the Minnesota State Family Planning and STD hotline:
1-800-78FACTS
Relationships and Sexual Health
Everybody knows that making a relationship work is more than just going out on a few dates together. You have to have a balance of respect, trust, and honesty.
Stay Teen.org has collected facts, tips for healthy relationships, feedback and videos from teens about what makes a healthy dating relationship and how to avoid an unhealthy one.
"Let's Talk" is a message that says- it's important to talk to your parents or a trusted adult about sexuality and relationships.
Fact sheets:
- Want to know more about how to talk to parents?
- Want to find facts and resources about teens and sexuality?
- Do you have any questions about teen pregnancy?
- Interested in sexuality education?
- Want sexual violence resources?
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Getting Help with Abusive Relationships
Here are some choices:
Talk to a parent or other trusted adult if you can.
If you feel you are being abused and need help immediately call 911.
Call the 24/7 phone counseling hotline Crisis Connection 612-379-6363.
Sexual Violence
This website gives information about what is sexual violence and where to get help.
Sexual assault and abuse are never the victim's fault. No one deserves to be sexually assaulted. It is never too late to talk to someone about your questions and get the support you need.
24/7Washington County Sexual Assault Crisis Line 651-777-1117.
