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Upcoming O.C. Forum Addresses Teen-Dating Violence
Abuse during adolescence may be more common than you think. The Mission Viejo presentation is open to Orange County parents and teenagers.
MISSION VIEJO, CA — A presentation next week in Mission Viejo, geared toward parents, guardians and teenagers, will address unhealthy adolescent relationships and preventing teen-dating violence.
Hosted by Laura's House, an Orange County domestic-violence agency, the City of Mission Viejo and the local police, the event will be Tuesday, Feb. 4 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Norman P. Murray Center at 24935 Veterans Way and is open to Orange county residents.
"In Orange County, one in four adolescents (boys and girls) is in a physically abusive relationship," according to the Laura's House web site aimed at teens.
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The upcoming forum is designed to explore bad relationship indicators, trends and the varying forms abuse can take, along with red-flag warning signs for parents, organizers said.
Laura’s House representatives and School Resource Officer Amber Delcambre will address the group, and the session will be followed by a Q&A.
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