{"id":20041,"date":"2022-02-01T06:00:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T06:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/?p=20041"},"modified":"2022-01-31T17:33:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:33:36","slug":"february-2022-nnlm-reading-club-teen-dating-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/february-2022-nnlm-reading-club-teen-dating-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2022 NNLM Reading Club: Teen Dating Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

In February our hearts turn to Valentine\u2019s Day, the social and cultural phenomenon focused on love and romance. For young adults this can be a challenging time. What does a healthy relationship look like?<\/p>\n

February is also National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (TDVAM).\u00a0 This is an issue that impacts everyone \u2013 not just teens. Dating violence impacts parents, teachers, friends, and communities, as well.<\/p>\n

Together, we can raise the nation\u2019s awareness about teen dating violence and promote safe, healthy relationships. The NNLM Reading Club has selected three books to start the conversation:<\/p>\n

\"Breathing

Breathing Underwater 2nd ed.<\/em>, by Alex Flinn l What Kind of Girl<\/em> by Alyssa B Sheinmel l Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me<\/em> by Mariko Tamaki<\/p><\/div>\n

Breathing Underwater 2nd<\/sup> ed.,<\/em> a Young Adult novel by Alex Flinn exposes how relationship violence is perpetuated. In this book, a popular high school boy who\u2019s been physically and emotionally abused by his father then abuses his girlfriend. We read about the protagonist\u2019s\u00a0 journey when he is court-ordered to get help.<\/p>\n

In the Young Adult novel What Kind of Girl<\/em> by Alyssa B Sheinmel, the reported abuse of a high school teen is explored through different perspectives \u2013 the immensely popular abuser, his girlfriend who bravely reports the abuse, and her best friend. These different voices provide insight into the many difficult aspects of abusive relationships.<\/p>\n

In the graphic novel Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me<\/em>, author Mariko Tamaki looks at young love and what happens when one partner questions the healthiness of their relationship and discerns who or what needs to change.<\/p>\n

We encourage you to learn more about supporting healthy teen relationships by reading one of these books and discussing it in your book club. Visit NNLM Reading. Club: Teen Dating Violence<\/a> to get started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In February our hearts turn to Valentine\u2019s Day, the social and cultural phenomenon focused on love and romance. For young adults this can be a challenging time. What does a healthy relationship look like? February is also National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month (TDVAM).\u00a0 This is an issue that impacts everyone \u2013 not… Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1172,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,316,9,10,58,11],"tags":[119,57,179,178],"class_list":["post-20041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-consumer-health","category-health-literacy","category-health-observances","category-news-from-nnlm","category-public-libraries","tag-consumer-health","tag-health-literacy","tag-national-health-observances","tag-nnlm-reading-club"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20041"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20044,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20041\/revisions\/20044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}