That’s when calls to national and local domestic abuse hotlines skyrocketed, Hill Stawick said. When the pandemic forced schools to close in 2020, children spent more time at home. READ MORE: Teen Dating Violence More Common Than Most Realize That comes out to more than a million teenagers. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly 1 in 11 female and 1 in 14 male high school students experienced physical dating violence in the last year, according to a 2015 report from the U.S.
Kamella Wolfork, an Indianapolis resident, also joined the conversation to share her personal experience with teen domestic violence. Indianapolis Recorder editor Oseye Boyd discussed the issue with Danyette Smith, founder of Silent No More and Lindsay Hill Stawick, associate director of the Domestic Violence Network, during a Facebook Live event Thursday night. Teens and young people can be victims of intimate partner violence and abuse, and some advocates suspect teen dating violence has increased during the pandemic. Indianapolis Recorder editor Oseye Boyd (right) discussed the issue of teen domestic violence with Danyette Smith, founder of Silent No More (left), and Lindsay Hill Stawick, associate director of the Domestic Violence Network (middle), during a Facebook Live event Thursday night.
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