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it’s time to start the conversation CONVERSATION GUIDE FEBRUARY 2015 It is critical to talk to all youth about recognizing abuse and how to build healthy relationships. it’s time to start the conversation Dear Parent or Caregiver, We developed “A Parent’s Handbook: How to Talk to Youth about Healthy Relationships” to help you support the young people in your lives to learn the skills to create and foster positive, healthy relationships with peers and dating partners. By building these skills and applying them, young people will be the key to preventing dating abuse and breaking the cycle of violence. Today’s young people have access to more information than ever before and are inundated with often contradictory messages about healthy relationships. They’re accustomed to sifting through these messages to consider what is relevant to them, and parents and caregivers are valuable to supporting them in this challenge. Youth can build the skills they need to engage in balanced, rewarding and loving relationships. By using some of the techniques and examples found in this handbook, you can establish a strong and lasting foundation for effective communication with your children. Nowhere in this handbook do we identify young men as abusers or young women as victims. This is intentional. While most of the intimate partner violence that is reported is by men against women, this is not always the case. Young people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender may not experience violence in this traditional framework. These discussions have also excluded men and boys who have been survivors of dating abuse. It is critical to