Like Shopping For Shoes...

Do you enjoy shopping for shoes? If you are like me, the answer is "yes!" In fact, I can ramble on for hours about where to buy or how to select the perfect pair of shoes. It is a reoccuring coversation. However, the conversation, I needed most, should have been about selecting the best partner. After years of making uninformed choices, I have learned that a misfitting partner is as painful as wearing the wrong size shoe. So, in many ways, selecting a partner is like shopping for shoes...

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Hotline Numbers:

Love is Respect,
National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
http://www.loveisrespect.org/
(866) 331-9474

National Coalition against Domestic Violence
http://www.ncadv.org/
1.800.799.SAFE (7233)

National Domestic Violence Line
http://www.ncadv.org/
800-799-SAFE (7233)

Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network
http://www.rainn.org/
800-656-HOPE (4673)

Safe Horizon’s Rape,
Sexual Assault & Incest Hotline
http://www.safehorizon.org/
Hotline: 212-227-3000

Education:
Love is Not Abuse
http://loveisnotabuse.com

Break the Cycle
http://www.breakthecycle.org/

Fresh Start Women's Foundation
http://phoenix.wehelpwomen.com/

Start Strong Teens
http://www.startstrongteens.org/

Love is Respect
http://www.loveisrespect.org/

National Domestic Violence Line
http://www.thehotline.org/

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Help Us Create a National Dialogue

Like Shopping For Shoes...A must have conversation about dating.

In today's world, our children are often taught more about the finer qualities of selecting shoes than they are about selecting partners. Without education, dating violence and domestic violence is rapidly becoming a reality for too many in our community.

Learn more about a series of conversation starters that illustrate the similarities and differences between shopping for shoes and selecting life partners. Intended audiences include: preteen to teens; parents of young adults; teachers of family studies; facilitators of community or church groups.

Your child is going to talk to someone about relationships, wouldn't you rather it be you? Click Twitter tab to join the national conversation.

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