February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness month and this year a campaign is promoting boundaries for teens in relationships.

Andrea Kocher is the Director of Services at Willow Tree Missions and indicates they encounter a lot of young people who are victims of tracking and/or stalking. Additionally, the abuser will insist on spending all their time together. 

An abuser may ask their victim to eliminate their relationships with a person of the opposite sex. Kocher says sometimes these things may sound appealing to the victim because they are framed as how great they are.

Kocher explains an abusive relationship for teens will start to show signs early in the relationship and the abuser isn't always good at being discrete, however, because of the hormone rush of a young person.

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