Healthy Relationships. (Tennessee.gov. Accessed July 2007. This downloadable PDF file provides a brief overview of all of the different kinds of relationships, especially for teens. It also offers advice on feeling pressured in a relationship and dealing with safety. It describes the basis for both healthy and unhealthy relationships to help teens identify and assess their situation. It also provides links and hotlines to help teens in abusive relationships.

Am I in a Healthy Relationship? Nemours Foundation. Accessed July 2007. Here is an article for teens on how to assess their relationship. It offers the keys to healthy relationships and the warning signs of unhealthy relationships.

Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships. Planned Parenthood. Accessed July 2007. This is an article for teens about sexually healthy and unhealthy relationships. It defines both of these and offers other resources and hotlines.

How much do you know about healthy relationships? Center for Young Women's Health. Accessed July 2007. This is a quiz about identifying healthy relationships. Each question proposes a situation, and you choose the healthiest choice. There is an explanation about each right answer. This is helpful because they are all common, real-life situations that many teens experience and with which they might need guidance.

Healthy vs. Unhealthy Relationships. Advocates for Youth. Accessed July 2007. Here is a table that lists the characteristics of healthy vs. unhealthy relationships. This can help teens identify which side their relationship falls on or see what needs to be improved to make the relationship work. This Web site also contains a page of quotations from teens and young adults about what a healthy relationship is to them.

Teen Relationships. Accessed July 2007. This Web site is all about teen relationships. It is written by teens for teens, and offers their own teen hotline and a national teen hotline for teenagers who need relationship advice. There are also chat rooms, poems, information on respect and abuse, and much more.

SeeItAndStopIt.org. Accessed July 2007. This Web site focuses on abusive teen relationships. It guides teens to see a bad relationship and identify the problem, take action to stop the abuse, and get organized and create a movement to end violence.

Establishing Healthy Boundaries in Relationships. Coping.org: Tools for Coping With Life's Stressors. Accessed July 2007. Sometimes it is hard to create and maintain boundaries, but boundaries are key to a balanced relationship. This Web site offers a step-by-step guide to establish these necessary boundaries in a successful relationship.

Go Ask Alice! Accessed July 2007. Based at Columbia University, this is a site where teens and college students can write in their questions and the answers are posted on the site. Take a look at the relationship section where there are questions and answers about common relationship concerns, or ask your own question.

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