Sending your kids off to college is a big parenting rite of passage; it can also be terrifying.
Let your daughters blow off their dad sometimes.
Let them question his authority.
Let them talk back.
Let them leave the room in the middle of an argument.
Build a relationship between a father and daughter that teaches her that she is equal to men.
That she has the right to set her own boundaries and see them respected.
How are fraternities regulated?
What kind of prevention training does the football team get?
What is the expulsion rate inTitle IXcases?
What resources are available for survivors?
How are those resources funded, and are there any plans to expand them?
How are professors trained to support the survivors in their classes?
Then, ask to see the victim advocacy officeand suggest they need more space.
You might not get to be the expert on sexual violence in that conversation,she says.
Your daughter might be the one teaching you.
Smiler urges teenagers to move slowly.
See if she reciprocates.
If she brushes it off, you stop.
If she says no, you stop.
That sort of detailed guidance is essential to teaching a teenage boy about consent, he said.
Having this knowledge on hand can give you the confidence to step in when something isnt right.
Stepping in can make all the difference, but it should never put your own safety at risk.
RAINN advisesteens to intervene by:
Creating a distraction.
Asking directly.If someone seems unsafe, you could directly ask them, Are you okay?
Who did you come here with?
or Do you need some help?
Ask someone elsepossibly a friend of the person you are worried aboutto intervene with you or for you.
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