Healthy Relationship Worksheet Analysis

1. Abuse and Relationships When my mother was sixteen years old, she started to gain curiosity of dating. I thought I was lucky she told me this herself because I felt we related to that topic since that was the age I got curious. She met my brother’s father at church in Nayarit, Mexico and immediately fell in love with his “bad boy” personality, she said it was love at first sight but he wasn’t so holy. She explained how he was ten years older than him, and said they were in a very unhealthy relationship. Jesus controlled her and made all her decisions. When my mother tried to explain herself or defend herself, he would verbally abuse her which would frighten her. They also both gained records of possession and vandalism. Though she was not using drugs like he was, she still still considered an accessory in the crimes. My mother described her experience as being trapped in a prison since she felt she was forced to stay in their relationship and stay locked in. I asked myself, “why didn’t she snap out of it and leave this idiot?”, then I realized she was pregnant with my older brother. According to …show more content…
Healthy Relationships
According to the “Healthy Relationships” worksheet, “In healthy relationships, both partners have equal basic rights to open and honest communication and the right to live free from physical, sexual, emotional, spiritual, and psychological harm. Both partners also have basic rights to caring, respect, acceptance, support, kindness, and courtesy. They also have the right to be protected if and when they should become vulnerable and frail”. For the past five years, I have been in a healthy relationship with my boyfriend, Victor. I have been head-over-heels for this piece of work since the day I met him in our U.S. History class in the 10nth grade. After going on with this worksheet, I was able to understand how healthy our relationship is, which made me much more confident in us lasting in the long run since I do believe he is love of my