Pre-Teens' Thoughts

The El Paso Office of the Texas Attorney General's Office sponsored tickets to Domestic Violence The Musical for a group of pre-teens. I had the pleasure of meeting them when they attended the performance.



My friend, Susan Hatch with the AG's office, was kind enough to fax me copies of their impressions of the play and I will pass them along, without revealing their names.



“Domestic Violence can hurt people, physical and emotional. Most of the time it is men, but not all the time, sometimes the abuser can be a female. The abuser can tell the victm that he loves her and by (sic) her all kind of expensive things to make up all the time he hit and abused her and most of the time the victim doesn’t know how to leave. They keep coming back because he keeps saying he loves her and the victim thinks that the abuser will kill her and that is what I learned about Domestic Violence.”


“The main idea is that abuse is not the right thing to do and that anyone can be an abuser, females and males, that is what I learned at the play.”


“The main idea is where the girl was going to die at the hands of her husband. I had seen these emotions – happiness, sadness and anger. The play had a very dramatic scene where she plays the part where she tells everyone to stop laughing. She had enough confidence in herself to say stop. As for the actors and actresses, they did an excellent show.”


“The play was very good and it taught everyone a lesson. Not only males can be abusers, females can, too. I think most people should see this play because it teaches people about real life. And that is what I learned today.”

“The musical dealt with life situations that are faced by victims of abuse. This presentation will be beneficial to our program, especially for our family workshops. It was very well attended and putting the scenes to music made it easier for our youth and other children in attendance to follow.” Program Coordinator



My hope is that the message will stick and that they will be able to identify behaviors and "red flags" that will empower them to separate themselves from potentially violent relationships. If we can reach just one, with the necessary skills she/he may need for a happy, productive life without violence, then I will be happy.

Linda