WBUR 5/14/13: Parents Of Slain Wayland Teen Call For Violence Prevention. The parents of a Wayland teen killed by a former boyfriend are urging lawmakers…

Wayland Patch 5/14/13: Lauren Dunne Astley’s Parents to Testify on Beacon Hill. Malcolm Astley and Mary Dunne will appear before legislators on Beacon Hill Tuesday as part of their continuing efforts to prevent teen dating violence, which claimed their daughter’s life in 2011.

Wayland Patch 6/8/12: Grant Awarded to Fight Teen Dating Violence in Wayland. The MetroWest Health Foundation announced today that REACH Beyond Domestic Violence Inc., a Waltham, Mass., nonprofit, is being awarded nearly $40,000 to reduce teen dating violence in Wayland. REACH plans to use the grant to educate 500 teens about building healthy relationships through classroom curriculum, parent training, training for school faculty and staff and by working with peer leadership groups.

Elon Pendulum 3/27/12: Astley’s absence creates space for reflection, dialogue. He still leaves the light on in her bedroom at night, even though she won’t be coming home. Nearly nine months after the death of his daughter, Malcolm Astley is still learning to cope with his grief, and he is not alone. Both those who knew Lauren Astley personally and those who were moved by her story attended a gathering of friends in her memory Monday afternoon, led by Lauren’s parents and Chaplain Jan Fuller.

Boston Globe 3/22/12: Grieving father hopes to turn loss into lesson. Outside Malcolm Astley’s home in Wayland, a swing tied with a coral-colored ribbon hangs from a tree branch, a delicate reminder of the years his daughter Lauren spent playing in the quiet, wooded yard. Inside are framed photos of her as a newborn, a toddler, a young tennis player. One collage shows her maturing through the years, but then stops, the last two slots blank. And there are piles of books with titles like "The Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty" and "Why Do They Kill?" Eight months after 18-year-old Lauren Astley was stabbed and strangled, allegedly at the hands of her former boyfriend, her father is struggling for answers. But the longtime educator has a few insights as he prepares to speak at Natick High School next month during a forum on dating violence among teens.

Huffington Post 11/29/11: Paul Robinson: Start the Conversation: Ending Teen Dating Violence. Let's imagine for a moment that a student walks into their first day of algebra class, takes a seat and is immediately presented with the final exam. It's safe to assume the student would probably fail the test. After all, how can you expect someone to succeed in a subject they've never been taught? Yet when it comes to dating relationships, we often expect young people to have all the answers without ever studying the subject. If we want to end teen dating violence, we need to have more involved conversations with our young people around the topic of dating relationships.