By Youth For Youth

Cards inspiring conversations on healthy relationships

by youth

for youth

Made by high school students in Waco

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A painting of thick black, blue, and white splotches.

Do you think people deserve second chances? Why or why not?

A painting with a white background, and on it are black and maroon circles of lemon imprints.

Say you and your friend are mad at each other. How would you find a solution?

A sky blue painting with three thick white lines protruding from the bottom left; one connects to the top of the image, and two go to the right side. The middle line is outlined in black.

Who is your closest friend? Why?

A painting of a black and blue abstract bug on white paper.

Who would you say is your biggest supporter in life? Why? How would they respond if you were making a bad or wrong choice?

A white paper with red splattered paint, blue splattered paint, blue swirls, and an orange patch in the top left corner. Inside the orange patch, black text says, “Tyrica.”

Who is someone you look up to or who inspires you? How do you hope to inspire others?

A painting with a mostly rose colored background. Centered is a face that has been split in half. The left half is a woman’s face; she has caramel colored skin, curly brown hair, and red lipstick. The right half is a man’s face; he has dark brown skin, short black hair, and a light gray turtleneck. A band at the top is reddish-pink, and below it is a thin white band. To the left of the face, black text says, “Play for your heart.” To the right of the face, text says, “double or nothing.” Above the face, black text says, “Love basketball” with a heart in between the words. The bottom band is rosy bolored with a few gold dots and black lines. In the bottom right, the artist signed her name in black text, and it reads, “Diamond. 7.11.22.”

Let's say one of your friends is in a bad mood. What's one thing you would do to try to make them happy? What would you want them to do if you were in a bad mood?

A multicolored painting with splatters and patches of blue, red, orange, green, and yellow. There are orange and red hearts scattered throughout. Large black text covers most of the painting and reads, “I set a goal.” Above where the text says, “set a,” smaller black text says, “Marco 31,” and in between the two is a black and orange heart.

Say your sibling is bothering you. What is one respectful way to tell them they're being too much? How would you want them to treat you if you were the one bothering them?

A white canvas covered in gold, black, and rose gold abstract splotches.

When you have free time, what is your favorite thing to do? Why? What is something that calms you?

A hollow, balloon-shaped sculpture made with yellow, orange, and light green yarn.

If you could tell your younger self something, what would it be and why?

A painting of a series of triangles, each separated by thick white lines. Going clockwise starting at the top, the triangles are dark green, sky blue, neon yellow, dark red, orange, dark blue, and yellow.

Say you heard some students planning to hurt another student. How would you handle that?

A painting with vertical stripes. From left to right, the stripes are green, white, yellow, white, orange, white, and red.

What are some toxic behaviors you see in romantic relationships? What would you do if the person you were dating started acting in those ways?

Dyed shaving cream that is swirled on a white canvas. The shaving cream is dyed orange, purple, blue, green, and red.

What are some things or characteristics that make a relationship really healthy? What's the most important characteristic to you?

A painting with a white background. There are red and blue circles made from a painted half of a lemon.

What is something you want adults to know about what it's like to be a teenager? What about what it's like to be in a romantic relationship?

A blue background with red vein-like lines and white dots scattered throughout.

Who is one couple or pair in a movie, TV show, or other media platform who is #Relationship Goals? Why did you pick them?

A swirl of shaving cream on a white canvas that has been dyed green, pink, and yellow.

What does trust look like in a romantic relationship? How do you know that you have trust present in your relationship? What makes you a trustworthy friend or partner?

A photo of the shadow of a basketball hoop and rim on gray cement.

If you had a friend who was in a toxic dating relationship, what would you do? If you were the one in a toxic relationship, what would you want your friend to do?

A white background of letters cut out of a magazine that repeatedly spell out “Brave.” There are four rows of “Brave” repeated multiple times.

Why are boundaries important in relationships? What are some boundaries you have set in your relationships?

Cards created in partnership with the Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children and The Cove Waco.

Advocacy Center Crisis Hotline: 254-752-7233

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