What People are Saying about the Book & Workshops!
“Love Doesn’t Leave Bruises is a powerful preventative education tool that the Dating Violence Prevention Center utilizes within our Crisis Intervention and Peer Education Programs” Shalanda Moten-Founder & President of the Dating Violence Prevention Center
"A candidly honest and insightful eye opener into the world of dating violence, this book is a must-read for all teenage girls!" ---Heather Molnar, Miss Teen Maryland 2001
"Tamika, your story was amazing! Even though I haven't personally experienced dating violence, because of this book, I now know the signs of an abusive partner, and the rights that I have in a dating relationship”---Senior at Kent County High School (Worton, MD)
“The introduction alone says read this book! This is definitely a tool I want to share with my clients as well as my sixteen year old daughter!” --Viola Farrow, Family Violence Client Legal Advocate, Parent
Voted Best Non Fiction 2005, March 8, 2006-Mahogany Book Club "Mahogany Media Review" Teen dating violence is very real and rising. This is a wonderful guide to help teens understand just what abuse is and what you should do about it. It explains a healthy relationship and abusive relationships. It helps teen's stop the cycle of abuse. The book is full of useful guides and charts to document abuse. If you have ever been abused you know just how critical documentation is. Parents of teens should also read this book. A very smart and useful tool for a teen today.
As an advocate for every young woman's health and dignity, I encourage parents, educators and teenage girls to read Love Doesn't Leave Bruises.
This book is a powerful primary, secondary and tertiary prevention tool that exposes the various forms of dating violence, while educating young women about the hallmarks of a healthy relationship.
This book is a must read for teenage girls who have been or currently are in an abusive relationship.
Through this book, Tamika opens the window of her soul and enables teenage girls to identify "Real Love"!
"A candidly honest and insightful eye opener into the world of dating violence, this book is a must-read for all teenage girls!" ---Heather Molnar, Miss Teen Maryland 2001
"Tamika, your story was amazing! Even though I haven't personally experienced dating violence, because of this book, I now know the signs of an abusive partner, and the rights that I have in a dating relationship”---Senior at Kent County High School (Worton, MD)
“The introduction alone says read this book! This is definitely a tool I want to share with my clients as well as my sixteen year old daughter!” --Viola Farrow, Family Violence Client Legal Advocate, Parent
Voted Best Non Fiction 2005, March 8, 2006-Mahogany Book Club "Mahogany Media Review" Teen dating violence is very real and rising. This is a wonderful guide to help teens understand just what abuse is and what you should do about it. It explains a healthy relationship and abusive relationships. It helps teen's stop the cycle of abuse. The book is full of useful guides and charts to document abuse. If you have ever been abused you know just how critical documentation is. Parents of teens should also read this book. A very smart and useful tool for a teen today.
As an advocate for every young woman's health and dignity, I encourage parents, educators and teenage girls to read Love Doesn't Leave Bruises.
This book is a powerful primary, secondary and tertiary prevention tool that exposes the various forms of dating violence, while educating young women about the hallmarks of a healthy relationship.
This book is a must read for teenage girls who have been or currently are in an abusive relationship.
Through this book, Tamika opens the window of her soul and enables teenage girls to identify "Real Love"!
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