By Nicole Ireland The Canadian Paediatric Society is urging doctors to talk to teen patients about healthy relationships and dating violence. In new guidance issued Thursday, the society said one-third of teens in Canada experience physical, psychological, sexual or technology-related abuse — including stalking — in relationships. Dating violence among teens is not new, but technology like texting or social media can facilitate abusive behaviour, such as teens tracking their partners or forbidding them from communicating with friends, said Dr. Megan Harrison, chair of the society’s adolescent health committee, in an interview. “Those types of behaviours happen to adults as well. So not just teens, but the difference is an adolescent is still, you know, forming their own identity,” she said. “So it’s a more vulnerable time for things like…
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