Love Me, Love You, Love Us! Resources on Healthy Relationships

 

Sometimes, you just need more!  Below are resources for youth and adults working with youth... don't be afraid to ask for help. 

Community Resources (Boston Area):  These are organizations we have worked with in the past that are great organizations and resources for youth!  We tried to list a contact for each organization to help facilitate you reaching out.  Just mention us!

·         Whittier Street Health Center- provides training and support for youth programs on reproductive health.  They are awesome and provide bilingual training!  Contact: Toriano Johnson, Youth Services Coordinator; www.wshc.org

• Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC )-Provides services to survivors of rape and sexual assault, their friends and family.  Contact: Stacey Lantz, Community Awareness and Outreach Coordinator; www.barcc.org/

·         Hyde Square Task Force- provide sexual education training and leading campaign to access condoms in Boston Public Schools.  Contact: Ana Almeida, Youth Development Programs Manager; www.hstf.org

 

·       Start Strong Initiative of the Boston Public Health Commission- youth leadership group, provides a great peer exchange and training on healthy relationship topics.  Contact: Jess Alder, Project Manager.  They also have a blog!  Check them out: http://healthybostonblog.wordpress.com/

·         Theatre Offensive- provides performances based on the LGBTQ youth experience.  A great interactive way to start a dialogue!  Contact: Magda Spasiano, Programs Manager; www.theatreoffensive.org

·         Boston GLASS-  New England’s first (and the country’s fourth) community center serving young people in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.  Contact: Ismael Rivera, Program Director.  http://www.jri.org/services/health-hiv-lgbtq-services/health-and-prevention-services/boston-glass

·         IMPACT- personal safety, assertiveness and self-defense training program.  Contact: Meg Stone, Director;  www.impactboston.org

 

·         Close to Home- Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative; www.c2home.org

 

Online Resources:

·www.sexetc.org– AWESOME resource for youth. It is a website created by youth specifically for youth and covers every theme and topic ever related to sexual health. Youth Leaders can use as a guide when creating their blog!

·Planned Parenthood- available to provide counseling and referrals to services regarding sexual health.

 

For Adults Working with Youth:

Reference Resources:

· www.fhi360.org- This is a great resource in general for youth with some more research based information (studies and results of certain practices, baseline information for certain implementation of sexual health promotion).

· www.prch.org/resources-arshep- Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health. They provide online downloads of various lessons in PowerPoint format.

 

Curriculum Resources:

· www.plannedparenthood.org– Has resources for educators on teaching effective sexual health curriculum. Also provides multiple curricula and resources (printable)

· King County (Seattle Public Schools) has a very well-developed curriculum for the high schools- FLASH lesson plans http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/famplan/educators/FLASH.aspx

§ Includes letters for parents (multi-lingual)

§ Includes curriculum modules and lesson

 

 

Last, but not least, Sociedad Latina's Health Educators in Action program!  Check us out at www.sociedadlatina.org!

 

Dating Advice

Remember that respect precedes love. Build it stone upon stone.

Inspirational Quotes:

Dating tip:

Be original. The more you show that you can put together a whole date by yourself, and just have fun, will attract anyone. (For males) Have flowers, and make sure that you have a separate bunch for the mother. For the father, greet with a strong handshake and politely ask if you can take his daughter out. (For females) Don't dress too provocatively, you don't want to send out the wrong message,plus, every guy loves a female that can dress well. MOST IMPORTANTLY!!!!!!!! Both people should have fun you don't want to go on a boring date. Go to the beach, watch the sunset, do something adventurous. :)
Marcus Thompson and Jenn Then (Part of the SL Bloggers Team)

Relationship advice:

 When a person fights with all their might to renew a past relationships, and the other person doesn't give them a chance, give up on that person and move on. No matter how long it took you guys to get to that point, it's obvious that that person doesn't want nor deserve a great person like you.
-Marcus Thompson (Part of the SL Blogger Team)

Inspirational quote:

“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” – Les Brown
http://addicted2success.com/quotes/37-inspirational-quotes-that-will-change-your-life/

Family Guy

Lois and Peter Griffin

• There is constant disrespect between them as well as towards/from their kids.
• Lois respects the relationship and its boundaries, but Peter is much more liberal and treats the relationship as a joke.

Healthy?

This relationship is not healthy because there are boundaries that are broken between them. The responsibilities of parents should be equally divided and gone about properly in order to raise their children correctly.  Peter does not  do his fair share; therefore,he is a huge reason why this relationship is unhealthy. His relationship with his daughter is also unhealthy because he does not help her raise her self esteem by criticizing Megan for being smart. He treats his dog with more respect than he does to his wife, and looks at his wife only as a sexual object.  He treats Lois as a stereotypical house women by holding her responsible for all the house chores including cooking, caring for Stewie, and cleaning.  

Reflected in society?

This type of relationship is reflected in society because there are  men that  do not give women the value that they deserve.  There are also families in which the father figure is more of a negative influence than they are of a support, and overall I believe a mother is better at fulfilling the parental role than a father can.

Perpetuate unhealthy relationship stereotypes?

Yes these negative stereotypes are current in society. The show makes it seem as if a women is the only person responsible for the house work when a man should part-take in it also. This show, shows how fathers lack the ability to have an accurate grip on how to speak to and treat daughters.