It's prom season; meaning parents can kiss the Sand Man good-bye and prepare for sleepless nights of worry and wonder. For every teen, high school prom is the stuff of dreams. For every parent, it's the harbinger of nightmares. While kids fantasize about formal gowns, fancy limos, dreamy dates, and dancing 'til dawn, their parents fret about drunken after parties, drugged cocktails, unsafe sex, and unparalleled peer pressure for which their children may or not be physically or emotionally...

The school year will soon come to an end, and that means your kids will be spending their summer days burning energy outdoors. But does your child know what to do if they're targeted by a predator?
Revved Up Kids is a metro Atlanta area business that is dedicated to teaching kids the warning signs and show them what to do if a predator targets them. Co-founder Allison Neal dropped by Good Day to show our own Paul Milliken how they help kids learn to protect themselves.
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Lynn Fulmore didn't know the self-defense and get-away skills she now teaches when she was attacked as a teen.
Out with a group of friends who spent the night at the movies and then hanging out, Fulmore wasn't drunk, but her friends were - including the boy she was with who seemed nice enough in public but turned aggressive when they were alone. Thrown on her belly, as he forced himself on her, she thrust her fingers into the back of her throat and vomited. As he jumped off her, repulsed,...

Nineteen-year-old Dallas Jessup made headlines with her non-profit documentary Just Yell Fire exploring violence against girls and affected the lives of teens in over 50 countries. Dallas's newest film, Just Yell Fire: Campus Life, is out just in time for Teen Dating Violence Awareness month, and she was willing to answer a few questions about filmmaking, the importance of standing up for yourself, and what it was like to be named a CNN Hero.
ELLEgirl (EG): What inspired you to...

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"So the opportunity to help thousands, if not millions of girls learn their dating rights, the dangers they face at college, how to avoid those dangers, and some quick-learn techniques to get out of bad situations was simply too compelling," said Jessup.

Did you know that one out of every four girls in middle school today will be date-raped by the time she's 22?  That predators try to abduct about 100,000 teenage girls each year, with the risk peaking at age 15?   As I consider my 16 year old and her friends, these statistics are shocking, unbearable. 
Want to arm your daughter so she's more able to defend herself?  Check out JustYellFire.com and download the free movie hosted by stars of Lost and featuring Portland teen Dallas...