What is rumors?
When people twist things about people and spread beliefs and stories they heard.
Name one way to show you care about a friend
Text them, snap them, ask them to play a video game, take the time to speak to them in school or at sports.
Give an example of Empathy
Understanding the person made a mistake or is going through alot. Letting them know you see they are struggling / going through alot. Letting them know there allowed to make mistakes
When a friend is ignoring you.. what's a healthy way to respond.
Let the friend know if there is someone that is bothering them they can talk to you about it. If they don't open up , then let go of the friendship and put your energy towards someone who will reciprocate it.
Name one red flag in a friendship
They only speak to you when they need something, they put you down constantly and make you feel like your not good enough, they share all your secrets, they never tell you when they are upset with you
What is Gaslighting Bullying?
What is Active Listening ?
a communication skill where you listen and are present instead of thinking about what you want to say next.
Your friend stops making an effort to talk to you and you feel hurt. Whats the best way to handle this situation
text them, communicate how you have been feeling using the i message. Dont assume they dont care
Your friend cancels last minute, how do you respond ( in a healthy way )
Hey I just wanted to let you know , I feel upset because I was hoping to get to see you. NOT. I feel upset because you canceled and you always do this and you dont care ( this is attacking ) instead just focus on what you feel and why this is important to you.
How to Validate your friends feelings?
Let them know you understand why they feel the way they do
What is Passive Aggressive Bullying?
When people make fake accounts to harass people.
What is a secure friendship?
When each person doesnt keep secrets from eachother. they dont judge eachother. there open and tell eachother when they are upset with eachother. There Honest.
Your friend is spending more time talking to their new friend instead of you . Whats a healthy way to think about this situation?
They probably have more in common with eachother.
Your two friends are fighting. What is an Unhealthy way of handling the situation..
Healthy thing to do is to say you dont want to get in the middle but you are there if they need to vent.
Tell them they should feel better, shouldnt feel this way, or " you just need to do this instead"
Identity Based Bullying
Targeting someone for who they are, race, gender, religion, body image or appearance.
what is "I" Statement?
I feel _________ because ______. Its a healthy way of communicating our feelings and setting boundaries without blaming others. This way they feel less attacked . Try not to use the word YOU.
I feel nervous talking to new people, what is the healthiest way to cope with this feeling?
Doing the opposite of what we want to do . If we want to hide and avoid = instead practice speaking more to strangers . The more we practice doing what makes us uncomfortable the easier it will feel . the less stress we will have doing it
Your friend never texts you back but talks to you at school . Whats the healthy way to respond
Share how you feel " i feel confused because I feel like i only hear from you at school and It makes me feel unsure if u want to be friends or not"
FALSE. Friends are allowed to have different perspectives and opinions
What is Relational Agression?
Type of bullying where you exclude someone from the group for social status. You do this so you don't get bullied and will fit in .
What are some conversation starters / topics to start conversations.
Think about a hobby or passion you have in common and ask them about it. You can ask them if they saw a show you did, or if they play a video game you do. How they feel about a certain teacher at the school. You can ask them questions about themselves ( people love to talk about themselves ).
How to handle feeling Lonely
Text a friend, or a friend online, make friends who have similar interests as you, talk to a family member like a cousin, talk to a therapist, talk to your sibling, invite a friend to play a video game
You find out one of your friends has been talking badly about your other friend, whats the healthiest way to handle this.
Tell this friend who is speaking negativley that you understand why they feel this way but that you want to give that person the benefit of the doubt or you dont feel comfortable talking badley about them.
What is something FUN you can do to strengthen a friendship.....
Play a sport together, a game together, join a club together, do a hobby together,