FAQ: Safety on the Streets: A Guide for Teens

About This FAQ

You may be experiencing a new kind of freedom in your teenage years. Your family may give you more responsibilities and the chance to spend more time with your friends. This extra time with your friends may put you in new or different social situations and new neighborhoods. With your parents not around as much, you now have the important job of making more decisions for yourself and keeping yourself safe while you are having fun. If you forget about your safety, your fun can quickly turn into danger. This guide was written to give you some tips on staying safe and healthy.

Contents

• How do I keep myself safe at a party?
• What should I know about date rape drugs?
• What can I do to develop a safety plan for different social situations?
• What do I do if I am walking in an unfamiliar neighborhood?
• What do I do if I am out and someone that I don't know comes up to me?

This information comes from 4 Girls Health, a poject of the National Womens' Health Information Center.

This FAQ was produced by The National Women's Health Information Center.