Healthy Relationships
The type of behavior that shows someone you care. For example: treating them the way you would like to be treated, hearing out their thoughts and beliefs, being kind and considerate.
What is respect?
This is defined as a limit on how we want other people to interact with us.
What is a boundary?
This is the legal “age of consent” in Pennsylvania — the age at which a person is generally considered legally able to consent to sexual activity (absent other factors like power imbalance).
What is 16 years old?
This unhealthy behavior happens when someone tries to keep their partner from friends, family, or activities they enjoy.
What is isolation?
There is an organization called Domestic Violence Services of Cumberland and Perry Counties that offers free and confidential services to people in need of help, starting with their 24/7 _______, a phone number you can call for help at any time.
What is a hotline
A healthy friendship includes doing this when someone is talking, instead of interrupting or ignoring them.
What is listening?
Examples of this type of boundary include: not being comfortable hugging or kissing people, not wanting to be touched, not wanting anyone to invade your personal space.
What is a physical boundary?
In Pennsylvania, sending or sharing a ____ image of a minor (even if both people are minors) can result in misdemeanor or criminal charges under laws regulating explicit material.
What is "nude"
This term describes a warning sign in a relationship — like constant jealousy, love-bombing, or someone ignoring your boundaries — that signals things may not be as healthy as they seem.
What is a red flag?
_____ is freely given, reversible, informed, enthusiastic, and specific.
What is consent?
This can be healthy or unhealthy. As humans, we all have different thoughts and beliefs. Sometimes those can clash with each other. This is the term for a disagreement with another person, which can be solved healthily through communication and active listening.
What is conflict?
Different people have different __________
What are boundaries?
This is a person you can go to for help if you ever feel unsafe online or in a relationship — someone who listens, believes you, and puts your safety first, like a parent, teacher, counselor, or coach.
What is a trusted adult?
This type of relationship involves one partner using behaviors like intimidation, manipulation, or violence to establish power and control over another partner.
What is an abusive relationship?
With DVSCP someone can call in and receive information without even telling the advocate their ____.
What is name
This process involves each person sharing what they need, staying flexible, and working together to reach a solution that feels balanced and respectful to everyone. It’s the highest level of fairness in a healthy relationship.
What is negotiation?
These types of boundaries involve how you manage your time, energy, and responsibilities — like saying “no” when your plate is already full.
What are time or energy boundaries?
This harmful reaction happens when people place responsibility on the person who was harmed instead of the person who chose to abuse, even though the victim is never at fault.
What is victim blaming?
This controlling behavior might look like checking your phone, telling you who you can talk to, or demanding to know where you are at all times.
DVSCP offers free counseling for children and adults who have experienced abusive relationships starting from age ___ and up.
In healthy relationships, everyone helps out—whether it’s dividing chores, taking turns, or working together on a project. This idea of sharing the work fairly is called this.
What is shared responsibility?
Examples of this type of boundary include: choosing not to share personal feelings when you’re not ready, needing time alone to process emotions, and expecting others to speak to you with respect.
What is an emotional boundary?
Under Pennsylvania law, producing, distributing, or possessing sexually explicit images of minors — whether via photos, video, or digital depiction — is classified as this type of felony.
This tactic makes someone doubt their own memories or judgment—often through denial, minimizing, or twisting facts.
What is gaslighting?
Pennsylvania doesn't have restraining orders, instead they have ______ _____ ______ orders.
(HINT: first word starts with P and is ten letters, second word starts with F and is four letters, third word starts with A and is five letters)
What is protection from abuse?