What’s New in the Blog February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
Knowing that your son or daughter is in an unhealthy relationship can be both frustrating and frightening. But as a parent, you're critical in helping your child develop healthy relationships and can provide life-saving support if they're in an abusive relationship. Remember, dating violence occurs in both same-sex and opposite-sex couples and either gender can be abusive.
What Do I Need to Know? You can look for some early warning signs of abuse that can help you identify if your child is in an abusive relationship before it’s too late. Some of these signs include:
· Your child’s partner is extremely jealous or possessive.
Recently ranked the 13th wealthiest county in the nation 5.5% of our families live below the poverty level 7% of our children under 17 live below the poverty level
New & Noteworthy: Attention HS Seniors & Parents of HS Seniors!
SoMD CAN College Access Network is a non-profit organization whose mission is to
increase the college-going rate of high school graduates in Southern Maryland. SoMD
CAN is sponsoring a free event this Saturday Feb 11 (9:30 a.m.)@ Calvert High School:
The FAFSA Line by Line seminar. The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student
Aid) is a universally used financial aid application to determine a family's finances
for their children's college education. The seminar will take you through the process
of filling out the FAFSA literally line by line. Please contact SoMd CAN for further
information at www.somdcan.org.
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