They don’t.
By embedding into puberty education, we give them the map. We teach them that love is not a spell you fall under, but a story you co-write. We show them that the most romantic line isn't "I can't live without you"—it's "I hear you, and I respect what you need." They don’t
The cost is measurable. Rates of teen dating violence remain stubbornly high: 1 in 3 U.S. adolescents experiences physical, sexual, or emotional abuse from a partner. Most never report it because they don't recognize the early warning signs—signals that are often identical to the "passionate" storylines they consume. They don’t