Glasgow teens taught to spot signs of unhealthy relationships

Glasgow Women's Aid have set up a helpline and campaign called 'Enough!' to teach young girls how spot the signs gaslighting and coercive control.

Published 19th Aug 2021
Last updated 19th Aug 2021

Teenage girls as young as 13 in Glasgow could be in controlling and manipulative relationships.

It has prompted Glasgow Women's Aid to set up a helpline and campaign called 'Enough!' to teach them how spot the signs gaslighting and coercive control.

The Instagram page is teaching young girls about terms like "love bombing" and "negging", what they mean, how to spot them and why they're signs of an unhealthy relationship.

This is because young people don't often identify with adult relationship terminology like "domestic abuse".

Marianne McBride from Glasgow Women's Aid has been telling us what we should be looking out for: "

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