This publication was supported in part by a grant from the 93.991 Preventive Health Services Block Grant, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.
The purpose of this booklet is to help young adults understand the
resources available to end the cycle of violence;
Healthy Relationships
Learn about yourself - Take time to think about who you are, who you want to be and how you want others to see you. Learn about building trust, respect and affection for yourself and others.
Learn about others - Find out with what kind of person you want to spend time. What are the qualities you like in a person? What is most important to you in a relationship?
Include family and friends - Good and vibrant relationships welcome interactions with family members and with friends of both parties. Good relationships are inclusive not isolating of others.
Support each other - In a healthy relationship, you and your partner feel good about yourselves and the relationship. You can talk with each other about problems; you have fun together; you trust each other. In good relationships, neither partner is afraid of the other. You want what is best for yourself and the other person.
Make your feelings clear - It may seem easier at times to go along with what your date wants even if you don't feel the same way, but you can't have a healthy relationship with a partner who doesn't respect or know what you really think.
Foster respect Respecting thoughts and ideas, needs and wants of both people makes relationships safe and fun. In healthy dating, both people make decisions about the relationship together.
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