Calls For Teenagers To Get Lessons In Relationships At School
Experts say it would reduce the risk of them falling victim to domestic abuse
It's claimed teenagers should be taught about relationships in school - to try and stop them falling victim to domestic violence later in life.
A new study out today has revealed a third of women aged 16 to 24 have been with a controlling partner.
Now there's calls for teens to be taught what's right and wrong from an early age, to reduce the chance of them being manipulated when they're older.
Paula Nolan from Liverpool Domestic Abuse Service thinks it's a great idea: "We would welcome this, we feel it should be part of the school curriculum, that children should be taught what is a healthy relationship. We would love to see the government put money into that. What we find is quite that for quite a lot of these young women it's their norm. They see domestic abuse in the home every day, it's a normal environment for them, so when they experience it themselves it's normal. So they need to be taught whats right and wrong, and then that cycle of abuse might be able to come to an end.
They need to be taught what is a healthy relationship and what constitutes abuse. They need to be able to read the signs. Most young women who come on our programme will tell you they didn't recognise abuse. They then leave knowing what constitutes a healthy relationship and they will look out for that in the future."