October is DOmestic Violence Month ~ Teen Info on Violence

Teen dating violence is similar to adult domestic violence in several ways: Both teen dating violence and adult domestic violence effect people from all socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic, and religious groups


Both occur in heterosexual, gay, and lesbian relationships

Both tend to show patterns of repeated violence which ...escalate over time

Both tend to display violent and abusive behavior interchanged with apologies and promises to change

Both tend to show increased danger for the victim when she is trying to terminate the abusive relationship

Both men and women, or girls and boys, can be the abusers.