• More than one in four kids and parents say sexual activity is part of boyfriend-girlfriend relationships for tweens.
• 27% of tweens and 26% of parents say oral sex is part of relationships for that age group.
• 28% of tweens said having sex (going all the way) is a normal part of relationships for their age; and 26% of parents agreed.
• More than one in four kids and parents say sexual activity is part of boyfriend-girlfriend relationships for tweens.
• However, when thinking of their own sons or daughters, only 7% of parents believe that their 11-14 year old has gone further than kissing or making out.
• Only 11% of parents report that their son's/daughter's friends/peers have had sex (gone all the way).

• Nearly one-third of tweens in relationships (31%) say they know friends and peers who have had oral sex.
• One in three tweens who are in a relationships (33%) say they know friends/peers who have had sex (gone all the way).

• Nearly half of all tweens in relationships (47%) say they know friends who have been verbally abused (called stupid, worthless, ugly, etc.) by a boyfriend/girlfriend.
• One in five 13-14 year olds in relationships (20%) say they know friends and peers who have been struck in anger (kicked, hit, slapped, or punched) by a boyfriend or girlfriend.
• More than a third of tweens in relationships (36%) know friends and peers their age who have been pressured by a boyfriend/girlfriend to do things they didn't want to do.
• Two in five 11-14 year olds in relationships (41%) know friends who have been verbally abused-called names, put down, or insulted-via cellphone, IM, social networking sites (like MySpace and Facebook), etc.
• One in four tweens (24%) say dating violence-physically hurting relationship partners-is a serious problem for people their age.
• Still, half of all tweens (49%) didn't claim to know the warning signs of a bad/hurtful tween-dating relationship.

For the first time, data has revealed an alarming correlation between early sexual experiences and teen dating violence and abuse.

• Among all teens age 15-18, one in ten (10%) indicate they have been physically abused by an angry partner (kicked, punched, choked, slapped, or hit).
• By contrast, an alarming one out of three teens who had sex by age 14 (33%) say they have endured such beatings.
• More than one in three teens report that their partners wanted to know where they were (36%) and who they were with (37%) all the time.
• Among teens who had sex by age 14, it's much higher (58% and 59%, respectively).
• 29% of teens say their boyfriends/girlfriends call them names and put them down, compared to 58% of teens who had sex by age 14
• 22% of teens say they were pressured to do things they did not want to do, compared to 45% of teens who had sex by age 14.
• 24% of teens in a relationship said their boyfriends/girlfriends called them stupid, worthless, and ugly compared to 45% of teens who had sex by age 14.
• Nearly half of teen girls who have been in a relationship (48%) say they have been victims of verbal, physical, or sexual abuse by their boyfriends.
• Among all teens who had sex by age 14, 69% report having gone through one or more types of abuse in a relationship.

• These tweens already exhibit signs of abuse.
• They already exhibit sexual behavior. Early sexual behavior appears to lead to dating violence and abuse in larger numbers.
• Without some form of intervention, this disturbing trend is likely to continue.

• More than three times as many tweens (20%) as parents (6%) admit that parents know little or nothing about the tweens' dating relationships.
• Twice as many tweens report having "hooked up" with a partner (17%) as parents reported of their own 11-14 year old child (8%).
• Fewer parents also identified their tween as having been in a relationship (38% vs. 47% who self-reported experience in a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship).
• Nearly twice as many tweens (21%) as parents (11%) know someone between the ages of 11-14 who has had sex.
• Parents are largely unaware of the abuse levels present among tweens.
• Only 12% of parents (compared with 23% of tweens) know someone their son's/daughter's age who has had a boyfriend/girlfriend threaten to spread rumors about them if he/she didn't do what the other person wanted.
• One in four parents (24% - compared with 40% of all tweens) know someone their son's/daughter's age who has been called names or put down by a boyfriend/girlfriend.
• Only 22% of parents (compared with 36% of all tweens) know someone their son's/daughter's age who has been verbally abused (called stupid, worthless, ugly, etc.) by a boyfriend/girlfriend.
• Nearly twice as many tweens as parents know someone between the ages of 11-14 who has been threatened (6% parents vs. 11% tweens), pressured to have oral sex against their will (4% parents vs. 8% tweens), or pressured to have sex (go all the way) against their will (5% parents, 9% tweens).
• Abuse via tech-devices is much more prevalent than most parents realize.
• Nearly twice as many tweens as parents know someone between the ages of 11-14 who has been checked up on by calling their cell phone more than 10 times per day (15% parents vs. 28% tweens) or texting them more than 20 times per day (13% parents vs. 24% tweens).
• More than twice as many tweens as parents know someone between the ages of 11-14 who has had a boyfriend/girlfriend share private/embarrassing pictures of them (4% parents vs. 9% tweens), share private/embarrassing video of them (2% parents vs. 7% tweens), or made them afraid not to respond to a cell phone call, email, IM, text, etc. (3% parents vs. 8% tweens).

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