When you talk about the basics of healthy relationships, you will quickly run into the term “safe person”.  In order to have a healthy relationship, you don’t need perfect people, but you do need safe people.  A safe person is one who will see you as another human being of equal value in terms of having thoughts, opinions and feelings that are important.  Recognizing a safe person will allow us to be attracted to the right people and quickly distant ourselves, or at least our emotions, from those who are not.  And as mom to teens it is so important that we teach our teenagers to recognize a safe person versus an unsafe person! Here are 7 characteristics of a safe person that will increase your relationships smarts! [Read more…]