A-Z List of Dating Ideas for Teens
- A – Apple Picking, Aquarium, Arcade, Art Museum, visit an Animal Shelter, go to Applebee’s, go to Air Force Museum.
- B – Bowling, Berry Picking, Bake, Bike, go to Buckeye Jake’s, have Brunch, go to a Bookstore, play Board games, have a BBQ, play BINGO, go Boating, go to Bratt Tastie’s, play Basketball, go to Bob Evans for Breakfast, go to Batting cages, go to Boonshoft museum, go to Breakout Dayton.
- C - Cook something, Carve pumpkins, Camping, rock Climbing, Concert, Chili Cook-Off, College sporting event, Corn Maze, Comic book store, Cincinnati Reds game, Cincinnati Bengals game, Carillon History park.
- D - Drive-In movie, Driving range, Dinner, Disney movie marathon, Double Date, Disc golf, feed Ducks, Dancing, Dinosaur museum, Donuts from Daylight Donuts, Dayton Dragons game, Dari Twist date, Dave and Busters.
- E – Eaton Place breakfast date, Exploring, Eating out, Englewood Fun Center.
- F – Full House marathon, Fishing, Football, build a Fort, Frisbee, go to a Farm, Fair, Fraze concert, Fiesta Charra date, Fear Fest, Ft. St. Clair.
- G – Go-Karting, Games, Ghost Hunting, Gardening, Game Night, make a Gingerbread House, Golf.
- H – Hiking, Hunting, Hot Head date, Horseback riding, Haunted Cave, Harry Potter marathon, Hueston Woods.
- I – Ice cream date, Ice skating, Inflatable obstacle course, Italian food, Instagram Scavenger hunt, Ice hockey game, IHOP date, Indoor climbing.
- J – Jell’s, Jump in piles of leaves, JD Legends, Junk food.
- K – Kings Island, Kayaking, Kite flying, Karaoke, run a 5K, go to KFC, King for a day, Knockerball.
- L – Library, Love letters to each other, Lunch, Live music, Lake Lakengren beach, Lazer tag.
- M – Make a snowman, Museum, Mini golf, Monopoly, Mexican food, Mall, Milkshakes, Miami University sporting event, Magic Castle.
- N – Netflix Marathon, Nature Walk, NBA game, NFL game.
- O – Outdoor date, O’Charley’s, Orienteering, Obstacle course, Oktoberfest, Ohio State game.
- P – Pumpkin patch, Pottery, Puzzles, Poems, Pizza, Picnic, Park, Paintballing, Paint Pumpkins, Pool, Pie.
- Q – Queen for a day, 20 Questions, Quesidillas, Quiz night, go on a Quest
- R – Re-enact your 1st date, Rake leaves for someone, Road trip, Rock climbing, Red Lobster, River walk, Running, Race, Roller skate, Riverscape.
- S – Scavenger hunt, Skiing, Swimming, Sky Zone, Snowman, Scary Movies, Starbucks, Steak N Shake, Scene 75, Sarah’s Pizza, Shopping, Star Gaze, Soak City, Sand Volleyball, Skyline, Safari Junction, Snow Tubing.
- T – Theme Park, Tacos, Taco Bell date, Tough Mudder, Tie-Dye t-shirts, Tractor pull, Trampoline, Tennis, Texas Roadhouse date, Theatre.
- U – USA themed dinner, UD sporting event, Underwater scuba diving.
- V – Video games, Volleyball, Vineyard, Vampire movies, Visit family, eat Vietnamese food, Volunteer, Valley’s edge snow tubing.
- W – Walk the dog, Wii Bowling, White water rafting, Water park, Wildlife park, Wings Etc., Water Wars at Magic Castle, WSU sporting event.
- X – X Marks the spot scavenger hunt, play X-Box.
- Y – Yoga class, make a YouTube video of your day together, go to Yard Sale, Young’s Dairy Farm.
- Z – go Zip lining, go to the Cincinnati Zoo, Columbus Zoo or Indianapolis Zoo.
Unhealthy Relationships
Who is involved? Watch the video to below and pick out the victim, abuser, and any bystanders involved in the relationship. Watch for warning signs of an unhealthy relationship.
Power and Control Wheel
How to be Assertive in a Relationship
"I - Messages"
"I - Messages" are not something sent from an apple iPhone! They are messages telling another person how you feel when they do something. They are a great alternative to "You Messages" that place blame on the other person.
Here is a short video on I-Messages! (I dare you not to tap your foot along to the song!)
Here is a short video on I-Messages! (I dare you not to tap your foot along to the song!)
Storyboard
As part of our Teen Dating Violence unit, high school students create a 'Storyboard That' comic strip showing the warning signs of an unhealthy relationship. In their comic strip, they have to show one of the areas from the Power and Control Wheel and multiple warning signs. Their victim in the story needs to seek for help or a bystander needs to help them find a way to get help.