The Teen Survival Guide to Dating & Relating: Real-World Advice on Guys, Girls, Growing Up, and Getting Along

hroughout this book, you’ve been learning that open communication is one of the keys to healthy relationships. It allows people ...

230 The Teen Survival Guide to Dating and Relating When people feel attacked, it’s natural for them to get defensive or even cou ...

Conflict Resolution Tool Kit 231 common: they don’t go away on their own. In fact, if they aren’t handled, they usually worsen. ...

232 The Teen Survival Guide to Dating and Relating A conflict-resolution plan Problem: You’re feeling too emotional to talk abou ...

Conflict Resolution Tool Kit 233 Such statements sound harsh and can make people feel as if they’re under attack. Why? Because t ...

234 The Teen Survival Guide to Dating and Relating You might want to invite someone else to mediatethe discussion, or help it go ...

Conflict Resolution Tool Kit 235 Here’s how to do it: start by telling your parents, for example, that you’d like to talk to the ...

236 The Teen Survival Guide to Dating and Relating Stick to the topic at hand. Don’t bring up past problems, because this will ...

Conflict Resolution Tool Kit 237 you’re frowning or you’re rolling your eyes. The message you’re sending is that you’re not real ...

P.S. Creating and maintaining healthy relationships takes work, and often that work is very difficult. But nothing pays off more ...

239 INDEX A About-Face (Web site), 28 abstinence, 96, 97 abusive relationships complexity of, 106–107 definition of, 106 getting ...

240 redefining relationships, 84 and self-esteem, 41 telling if someone likes you, 48–49, 54–55 true love vs.love at first sight ...

Index 241 Dentemaro, Christine, 14 depression. Seesadness different, being, 7–8, 156–157 dishonesty definition of honesty, 66 ly ...

242 insecurity escaping from the trap of, 17–18 putting yourself down, 18 raising your self-esteem, 19 reaching out to others, 1 ...

Index 243 types of, 155–156 See alsofriends PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians & Gays) (Web site), 178–179 Pla ...

244 importance of communication in, 207–208 large age differences and, 202 living in a sibling’s shadow, 204, 206 respecting pri ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR When Annie Fox’s first book People Are Like Lollipops (Holiday House, 1971) was published, she wasn’t even old ...

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