Healthy Relationship Resources for Teens

Healthy Relationship Resources for Teens

We’re closing out our teenage resource spotlight during Healthy Relationships Week 2021 with a list of resources focused on helping teenagers strengthen relationships of all kinds and learn healthy relationship skills. Check out the list below for HRI Resources, along with Greensboro Parks & Recreation resources as well!

 

Parent of teenagers, we have resources for you as well! Check out the full list of HRI resources for parents of teenagers here. 

 

 

We’re grateful to Greensboro Parks & Recreation for their partnership with HRI during Healthy Relationships Week!  There are many resources available for teenagers through Greensboro Parks & Recreation.

To learn more about Teen-Friendly Health Care resources, follow this link: https://www.teenplaybook.org/greensboro/ 

 

 

*Learn more about Healthy Relationships Week by clicking here!*

Healthy Communication Tips for Teens: A Short Clip

Day 5 of Healthy Relationships Week: Helping Teens Become Better Communicators

One of the most important skills that adults can teach teenagers is how to communicate effectively.  When teenagers know how to communicate their needs and listen to others, it helps them set the foundation for healthy, happy, and safe relationships later on in life.  In this short video developed by HRI, we share important tips to help teenagers fine-tune their communication skills.  This video can be widely shared amongst teachers, educators, providers, parents, and anyone else working closely with teenagers.

Check out our short HRI clip on Healthy Communication Tips for Teens here.

PARENTS OF TEENS, check out this HRI Toolkit designed to help you connect with your teenager and discuss healthy relationships in productive ways: https://healthyrelationshipsinitiative.org/community-resources/toolkits/parentingteens/ 

 

We’re grateful to Greensboro Parks & Recreation for their partnership with HRI during Healthy Relationships Week!  There are many resources available for teenagers through Greensboro Parks & Recreation.

To learn more about Teen-Friendly Health Care resources, follow this link: https://www.teenplaybook.org/greensboro/ 

 

*Learn more about Healthy Relationships Week by clicking here!*

Healthy Relationships Tips for Teens: What makes a relationship healthy?

Healthy Relationships Week: Day 4

HRI is here to help families parenting teens to build happy, healthy, and safe relationships! Our goal is to meet families parenting teenagers where they are and offer resources and information to help take the next steps in strengthening their relationships. 

We’re excited to premiere our first short video clip specifically for teenagers!  In this video, HRI Program Coordinator, Camila Dos Santos, discusses the characteristics of healthy relationships of all kinds.

We hope that this resource will be helpful for parents, providers, educators, mental health professionals, and anyone else working with teenagers! To view the short clip on Youtube, click here.

PARENTS OF TEENS, check out this HRI Toolkit designed to help you connect with your teenager and discuss healthy relationships in productive ways: https://healthyrelationshipsinitiative.org/community-resources/toolkits/parentingteens/ 

 

We’re grateful to Greensboro Parks & Recreation for their partnership with HRI during Healthy Relationships Week!  There are many resources available for teenagers through Greensboro Parks & Recreation.

To learn more about Teen-Friendly Health Care resources, follow this link: https://www.teenplaybook.org/greensboro/ 

 

*Learn more about Healthy Relationships Week by clicking here!*

Healthy Relationships Tips for Teens: Recognizing Relationship Red-Flags

Day 4 of Healthy Relationships Week:

An important aspect of helping teenagers build healthy relationships is to help them understand and recognize red flags of unhealthy or abusive behavior.

In this short clip, HRI Program Coordinator, Camila Dos Santos, highlights the common red flags in teenage relationships. We hope that this resource will be helpful for parents, providers, educators, mental health professionals, and anyone else working with teenagers! To view the short clip on Youtube, click here. 

 

PARENTS OF TEENS, check out this HRI Toolkit designed to help you connect with your teenager and discuss healthy relationships in productive ways: https://healthyrelationshipsinitiative.org/community-resources/toolkits/parentingteens/ 

 

The National Domestic Violence Hotline states that even 1 or 2 red flags can indicate an abusive relationship. Please visit their website for more information and resources for abusive or violent relationships.

Learn about the Abuse is Never Okay Campaign in Guilford County, a collaborative effort to end interpersonal violence and relationship abuse in Guilford County and beyond.

 

We’re grateful to Greensboro Parks & Recreation for their partnership with HRI during Healthy Relationships Week!  There are many resources available for teenagers through Greensboro Parks & Recreation.

To learn more about Teen-Friendly Health Care resources, follow this link: https://www.teenplaybook.org/greensboro/ 

 

*Learn more about Healthy Relationships Week by clicking here!*

Day 3 of Healthy Relationships Week: Taking Care of the Relationship With Yourself

Practice a little self care today!

Regardless of our relationship status, we can all benefit from a little self-care.

Through the Healthy Relationships Initiative, we offer many resources to support relationships of all kinds, including the relationship with yourself!   To celebrate the third day of Healthy Relationships Week, we’re sharing a list of resources to help you take care of yourself today: 

A good marriage isn’t something you find.

“A good marriage isn’t something you find. It’s something you make, and you have to keep on making it.” – Gary Thomas

To celebrate the second day of our 5th Annual Healthy Relationships Week, we’re highlighting partner relationships today by premiering two videos throughout the day featuring relationship experts as they share their insights into how young married couples can set the tone for a healthy marriage. Learn more about how to tune into these videos here.

But, we also wanted to highlight all marriages today with a little reminder and motivation to do something intentional to strengthen your relationship with your spouse today. Taking just a moment to express gratitude, show affection, or extend a compliment can set the tone for a healthy and happy Valentine’s Day week and beyond!

Happy First Day of Healthy Relationships Week!

Today marks the first day of our fifth annual Healthy Relationships Week!

For the fifth year in a row, we’re offering 7 days of consecutive resources to help you strengthen all of your relationships, focusing on one particular relationship each day of the week. Today, we challenge you to use one of our HRI toolkits to help strengthen a particular relationship in your life.

Each HRI Toolkit offers three sets of resources. First, Reflect resources provide self-reflection activities to examine your beliefs and views toward relationships. Second, Connect resources offer Conversation Starters to help guide discussions with others in your life to better understand one another. Third, the tools in the Build section offer tip sheets that address several common elements of different types of relationships.

Download a toolkit today! 

Learn more about Healthy Relationships Week by clicking here!

Defining Gratitude Can Help You Practice

No matter what’s going on in your life or in the world, one thing you can do to make it brighter is to practice gratitude every day. Having an understanding of what gratitude means to you can help you begin to practice it in your daily life.

The Oxford Languages describes gratitude as “the quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and to return kindness.” How would you define gratitude? What does that look like in your life? 

Small Ways to Practice Gratitude Each Day

Gratitude has been consistently linked to better moods and improved health in positive psychology research. Today, we’re sharing some small ways that you can begin practicing gratitude every day: 

  1. Note positive moments throughout the day. Often, when we take stock of our day, we dwell on the negative moments and brush off the positive moments. Start to practice gratitude by placing greater focus on the positive moments, even if they’re small.
  2. Find reasons to smile and laugh. Find the happiness and humor in each day – create it if you have to! Give thanks for a blue sky, watch your favorite TV show, enjoy your favorite meal!
  3. Make time for your loved ones. Whether it’s your parents, children, significant other, friends, pets, or extended family members, carve out a little time each day to spend some time with people you love. 
  4. Make time for yourself. Show yourself some gratitude by being kind to your mind, body, and soul. Take time to decompress and take care of yourself every day.