February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.
Surviving the Mob. For a change of pace, I start us off by speaking with infamous mob informant Andrew DiDonato, who began his career in the Mafia at the age of 17 and walked away from it in 1996 as a despised informant and fugitive. The story of his life is called Surviving the Mob: A Street Soldier’s Life in the Gambino Crime Family, co-authored with famous crime writer Dennis Griffin. It’s a fascinating but cautionary tale of the harsh realities of the life of a mob soldier who’s been marked for death, but — so far — has lived to tell the tale.
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February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. The rate of date rape and dating violence among high school and college kids has skyrocketed nationwide and it’s time to stop downplaying the issue because the consequences affect not only the young victims but their families, friends, schools and communities. A recent study by the Liz Claiborne Foundation, which produced the free Love Is Not Abuse curriculum for schools, found that 1/3 of all teens have experienced physical, emotional or verbal abuse by a dating partner.
February has been designated Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month and under this banner, organizations and individuals nationwide are calling attention to the devastation this abuse causes and to the directive that young people must be educated about unhealthy relationships and taught healthy relationship skills. On tonight’s show, I’m exploring this incredibly important issue with Cristina Escobar from the National Resource Center for Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.
Safe Dating Tips. I’ll also be speaking with safe dating coach Dari Dyrness-Olsen, author of Safe Dating for College Women, who is also NJ State Coordinator for the Love Is Not Abuse Teen Dating Violence Prevention Curriculum.
She recently testified before the New Jersey State Senate about the groundbreaking Safe Dating Law which would mandate the NJ Board of Education to address dating violence in the Health Curriculum at every level school of the NJ school system and develop dating violence training materials to be posted on its website.
Be sure to listen for the signs of dating violence every parent should know about and tips for how teens can get out of an abusive relationship safely.
