Healthy Relationships Utah Teens
June 2021
TEEN TALK
Being a Good Father
In Love Notes we discuss the importance of fathers and what a good father means to us (p. 50). Choose one characteristic of being a good father and start working on developing it now or start looking for it in the people you date. Doing so can help it be present in your family by the time you are a parent in a committed, mature, and loving relationship like a healthy marriage.


Father’s Day is Sunday, June 20th. Consider thanking your father or a father figure for something they have done for you in your life.
QUOTE CORNER
Quote About the
Love Notes Curriculum
“Love Notes helped me understand that you need to have a good relationship with your significant other to raise a healthy and stable child.” --Junior class participant

“If the child has a father in its life, the child will grow better.”-- High School participant
PARENTING TIP
Giving Support
As a parent, you know how difficult it can be to raise a child... especially if you are a single parent. Talk to your teen about why life has been easier or more difficult for you with the support or lack of support from another partner. Ask your teen how their future (hypothetical) child would feel about the teen's romantic relationships. Does that view change the way they look at their current relationship decisions?
RESOURCES
Fatherhood
National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) (https://www.fatherhood.org/) is the nation's leading non-profit organization working to end father absence. Underlying many of society's most pressing challenges is a lack of father involvement in their children's lives. NFI offers support programs that help teens engage with their children and succeed as fathers.


Fathers and Families Coalition of Utah (https://ffcutah.org/)(https://www.facebook.com/Azteca04/)

This coalition provides education and training for healthy relationships, fatherhood, and employment to youth and adults to encourage sustainable growth in their community.
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