Teen Dating Bill of Rights
These dating rights can help teens feel self-assured in a relationship (feel free to apply them to yourself, too!) Print this out and share it with your teen.
I have the right to:
- Trust myself above all others.
- Expect decent treatment from anyone I date.
- I can refuse to date anyone.
- Be safe on a date.
- Pay my own way on a date.
- Be assertive on a date.
- Refuse to have sex.
- Disagree with my date.
- Say no.
- Get angry.
- Fulfill myself with or without a partner in my life.
- Know who I am.
- Know who I am dating.
- Determine who I will date.
- Use my own transportation on a date.
- Leave any dating situation my instincts tell me feels wrong.
- Prosecute for battery and sexual assault.
- Receive emotional support and understanding.
- Be in a healthy dating relationship.
- Control my own destiny.
- Be loved.
- Be cared about.
- Have high self-esteem.
Provided byLove is Respect
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