Apart from adults, teenagers also experience dating abuse and unhealthy relationships. An abusive relationship typically shows specific warning signs that are readily outward and identifiable if you examine the situation. If you fear your teenage daughter is in a potentially harmful relationship with a boyfriend who is abusing her, then follow these steps to see how you can end it;

Step 1

Strengthen communication between you and your teen to help them feel comfortable and secure in opening up to you, advises the Teens Experiencing Abusive Relationships (TEAR) website. Open the door to invite your teen to open their heart to you by listening effectively, showing care and resisting the urge to condemn or judge.

Step 2

Explain the features of a healthy and unhealthy relationships to your teenager so she can begin to comprehend the difference. A healthy relationship involves reciprocal respect between both parties, freedom outside the relationship for other activities, compromising to make decisions, effective communication to resolve conflicts and a predominance of positive times over negative times, advises Auburn University. An unhealthy relationship involves abusive arguments, overt control, isolation, fear tactics and physical abuse.

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Step 3

Ask your teenager if anything you’ve just outlined about both healthy and unhealthy relationships appears to apply to her relationship with her boyfriend. Your teenager may feel obliged to confide in you or she may resist. If she confides in you, take her feelings seriously. If she resists, don’t force communication, just continue to be available as a supportive listener until she feels comfortable opening up to you.

Step 4

Encourage your teenager to get a break from her boyfriend to see if she feels happier and safer without him. This space doesn’t necessarily need to have a designation of “breakup,” but it might give your teen the strength and resolution to move in that direction. Space may involve seeing other friends, spending time with family, taking a class or becoming busy with a new hobby or activity.

Step 5

Monitor the temperature between your daughter and her boyfriend with the introduction of space. It’s possible the boyfriend will feel angry with this new space. Ask your daughter how things are working out. If developments are such that the boyfriend is threatening to harm himself or your daughter, pressuring a return to the previous status or possible stalking behavior, call local police and a domestic violence hotline number to get help.

Step 6

Continue to encourage more space between your teen and her boyfriend if the initial change doesn’t result in a treacherous situation. Over time and with your positive support, your teenager will hopefully realize that she has options outside of staying with an abusive boyfriend.

Your daughter is likely to see that she is worth more by building your daughter’s confidence about her strengths and value. Seek counseling for your daughter if you have trouble inculcating this self-confidence.

Source: http://www.healthdiary365.com/2017/10/11/steps-on-how-to-get-your-teenager-to-break-up-with-her-bad-boyfriend/

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