While most schools offer some form of sex ed, lessons specifically around healthy relationships are harder to find.
Healthy relationship programs in schools aim to prevent or reduce teen dating violence by increasing awareness. “The only way we will change these statistics is if we get ahead of the issue and teach people earlier how to identify – and what to do when they see – the signs of an unhealthy relationship in their or their friends’ lives,” says Megan Shackleton, chief program officer at One Love, a national nonprofit that seeks to end relationship abuse.
Youth who are female, LGBTQ or unsure of their gender identity are all at a higher risk of experiencing youth intimate partner violence, also known as teen dating violence, the CDC says.
Read more from U.S. News & World Report.
