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App educates parents about teen digital dating abuse
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August 12, 2011, Friday
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A new iPhone app launched this week is designed to educate parents about teen dating abuse and violence, and how to get help to combat it.
The app, Love is Not Abuse, shows how teenagers can use technology such as cell phones and social networking sites to exert control over other adolescents.
"Technology is a tool for someone trying to exert power or control to do that. We've heard of cases of teens in relationships checking up on their partner, 10, 20, even 30 times an hour," said Jane Randel, of the clothing company Liz Claiborne Inc, which helped to launch the app.
"We tend to think of abuse as black eyes and bruises, but there is a lot more to it than that. This app allows us to show the subtleties and insidious aspects of it."
The app provides information on teen dating violence, how to spot abusive behavior, how to talk to teens and where to seek help from experts and leading organizations.
Randel said the app is particularly relevant following a study by researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health which showed that parents are much less likely to talk about the dangers of abusive relationships than sexual activity, alcohol or drug use with their teens.
The app, Love is Not Abuse, shows how teenagers can use technology such as cell phones and social networking sites to exert control over other adolescents.
"Technology is a tool for someone trying to exert power or control to do that. We've heard of cases of teens in relationships checking up on their partner, 10, 20, even 30 times an hour," said Jane Randel, of the clothing company Liz Claiborne Inc, which helped to launch the app.
"We tend to think of abuse as black eyes and bruises, but there is a lot more to it than that. This app allows us to show the subtleties and insidious aspects of it."
The app provides information on teen dating violence, how to spot abusive behavior, how to talk to teens and where to seek help from experts and leading organizations.
Randel said the app is particularly relevant following a study by researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health which showed that parents are much less likely to talk about the dangers of abusive relationships than sexual activity, alcohol or drug use with their teens.
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