Our Roots, Our Mandate: Why Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month Is Personal

💜 Our Roots, Our Mandate

February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.

But for us, this isn’t a campaign.
It isn’t a trend.
It isn’t a statistic.

It is personal.

It has names.
It has faces.
It has daughters. Sisters. Mothers.

It has Chavon “Chach” Moore.
It has Kashidah.
It has Kayla.

These are not abstract stories.
They are our roots.

They are the reason The Campbell House exists.

If you want to understand our foundation, read our Roots page:
👉 https://www.thecampbellhousecares.org/about-1

Their lives shaped our mission.
Their loss shaped our urgency.

💔 The Reality We Refuse to Ignore

1 in 3 teens in the United States will experience physical, emotional, or sexual abuse from a dating partner before adulthood.

One in three.

That means in every classroom.
On every sports team.
In every friend group.

There is a girl navigating something she shouldn’t have to survive.

Teen dating violence does not always look like bruises.

Sometimes it looks like:

• “Who are you texting?”
• “You can’t wear that.”
• “If you leave, I’ll hurt myself.”
• Isolation from friends
• Monitoring social media
• Control disguised as protection

And sometimes it escalates.

And sometimes we lose her.

🖤 We Were Built on Loss, But We Run on Protection

The Campbell House was born from grief.

But it is sustained by protection.

We mentor differently because we have seen what silence costs.
We teach boundaries because we have seen what control becomes.
We talk openly about red flags because pretending they aren’t there does not keep girls safe.

We refuse to romanticize jealousy.
We refuse to normalize control.
We refuse to minimize emotional abuse.

Because emotional abuse often becomes something more.

Our girls deserve better.
And we will not wait until it’s too late to say it.

🌿 What Healthy Love Actually Looks Like

Healthy love includes:

Respect
Trust
Communication
Equity
Independence
Kindness
Fun
Mutual pace
Responsibility

If it doesn’t feel like that , it may not be healthy.

And we teach our girls to trust that instinct.

💜 Their Legacy Is Protection

Chach.
Kashidah.
Kayla.

Their absence fuels our urgency.
Their stories drive our standards.
Their legacy is protection.

Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month is not just about raising awareness.

It is about raising standards.
Raising voices.
Raising girls who know their worth.

📞 If You Need Help

If you are a teen navigating something that feels wrong:

You are not dramatic.
You are not overreacting.
You are not alone.

📞 1-866-331-9474
📱 Text LOVEIS to 22522
🌐 loveisrespect.org

We see you.
We believe you.
We protect you.