Area teens take on issue of dating violence
CRYSTAL LAKE – Molly Horton often mines through “tricky” obstacles when she counsels teenagers dealing with dating violence.
For instance, “jealousy is seen as a positive thing. It’s something that shows that the person is interested in you, cares about you.”
“A lot of times, people I encounter will say, ‘I haven’t been hit, but he does not stop picking on me,’ or ‘She does not stop cutting me down [for] everything I do, but I’m not getting abused because I’m not hit.’”
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