Teen dating violence increases online among middle schoolers

This month is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month, and the Center Against Sexual and Family Violence in El Paso has noticed a newer kind of dating violence in the youth — digital violence.

Teen dating violence can be physical, verbal, emotional or financial.

But, teens as young as middle schoolers are using their phones as a form of digital violence in their relationships, which has increased through social media — like making burner accounts to expose secrets…

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