|
What to look for in Relationships
|
Healthy |
Unhealthy |
Abusive |
Being able to talk about your feelings.
|
Believing one sex has more rights than the other.
|
Dominating and controlling your
date’s friends and activities. |
Respecting your date, their friends and activities.
|
Shouting and yelling when you’re angry.
|
Name calling and put downs.
|
Considering the other person’s feelings and
property.
|
Using the silent treatment.
|
Threatening harm or by hitting or destroying
|
Respecting the differences in other people
|
Pestering your date until you get what you want.
|
Being overly jealous and possessive.
|
Being able to state differences of opinions.
|
Pouting to get what you want.
|
Pushing, hitting, holding your date against his/her
will.
|
Having an equal say in the relationship.
|
|
Forcing unwanted sex or touching.
|
Source: Adapted from Alberta’s Children Services
|
|