Chapter 1: What Is Relationship Violence?
What Teens Say about Ways They Have Been Abused
Chapter 2: Dynamics of Abusive Relationships
Chapter 3: Recognizing the Warning Signs
If Your Daughter Is Seeing a Gang Member
If Your Son or Daughter Is in a Same-Sex Relationship
Helping Your Teen to Recognize Warning Signs
Chapter 4: Speaking the Unspeakable: Talking to Your Teens about Sexual Violence
Chapter 5: What Keeps Them Together?
Chapter 6: Skills for Healthy Relationships
Characteristics of Healthy Relationships
Skills for Sustaining Healthy Relationships
Chapter 7: Parenting for Healthy Relationships
Developmental Vulnerabilities and Strengths
Guidelines for Conversations with Teens
Chapter 8: Teaching Teens to Be Safe
Teaching Your Teens to Protect Themselves
Chapter 9: Effects on the Family
Chapter 10: Getting Off the Rollercoaster
Chapter 11: Strengthening Your Relationship with Your Teen
Using Your Influence as a Parent
Chapter 12: Taking Action to Intervene
Guiding Your Teen through a Breakup
Emotional Reactions after the Breakup
Chapter 14: If the Violence Stops
Chapter 15: Getting Help: Counseling, Schools, and the Legal System
Chapter 16: Using the Legal System
Chapter 17: Cultural Strengths and Challenges
Building on Cultural Strengths
Chapter 18: For Parents of Abusive Teens
Confronting Your Teen about Abusive Behavior
Contacting the Victim of Your Teen’s Abuse
The Parent’s Emotional Rollercoaster
Chapter 19: For Parents of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, or Transgender Teens
Appendix A: Your Safety Plan Checklist
Appendix B: Characteristics of Healthy Relationships
Appendix C: Guidelines for Conversations with Teens about Healthy Relationships