What would you do?
You are staying the night at a friends house and you get a really bad headache. Your friend's mom is asleep but your friend tells you that she knows where the headache medicine is and asks if you want some.
What would you do?
You should not take medicine from anyone except a trusted adult.
True or false?
If you are unsure about a choice, you need to just make your best guess about what to do.
False
If you are unsure, you need to ask a trusted adult
Only take medicine with the help of a t______ a______.
trusted adult
Matt asked a trusted adult to help him take his medicine. Is this a healthy or unhealthy choice?
Healthy
Why do younger children have to be in a car seat when riding in the car?
Safety
The airbags can be unsafe until you are a certain height and weight.
Your friend hands you something that looks like a Skittle but doesn't tell you what it is. You love Skittles but you think it could be a pill.
What would you do?
True or False?
Everyone takes the same amount of medications.
False
Height, Weight, Age, Gender, Health, and other things determine how much medicine is safe to take.
H_________ choices help our body and mind stay safe.
Healthy
Matt asked a trusted adult to help him take his medicine. Is this a healthy or unhealthy choice?
Healthy
Is it illegal to cross the street without being on the designated cross walk?
Yes
It can be dangerous and a car may not see you if you don't cross on the crosswalk
Your friend tells you that they have been taking a medicine that makes them feel really happy. They tell you to try it so that you can feel that way too and try to hand you a pill.
What would you do?
You should not take medication that is not yours. Just because a medication helps someone else doesn't mean that it will make you feel the same way. It could make you very sick.
True or False?
You can trust your friend to give you medicine.
No
While they might not mean to be unsafe, it is never safe to take medicine from someone if they are not a trusted adult.
If you don't know what a medicine is, you should NOT t_____ it.
take
Unhealthy
Susan doesn't know what the candy is and she was not given it by a trusted adult
Name one safe adult that you know
Examples: a parent, a teacher, grandparent, police officer, etc.
You get home from trick-or-treating and you are so excited to eat your candy. Your parents are busy at the moment and can't check your candy before you eat it.
What would you do?
Wait to eat the candy until your parents check it. There could be something that is not candy that might be dangerous to eat.
True or False?
You should never take medicine because it is dangerous.
False
It is safe to take medicine at the right amounts and under adult supervision.
How much medication is safe to take depends on things like your W_____, H_____, and A____
Weight, Height, Age
Some kids are playing in the woods behind your house smoking cigarettes. Is that a healthy choice or unhealthy choice?
Unhealthy
Why do you have to be a certain size/age to sit in the front seat of a car?
So the air bags can keep you safe in an accident.
You go to the school nurse because you have a stomach ache. The nurse hands you what looks like a mint.
What would you do?
It is safe to take the mint from the nurse because she is a trusted adult. If you are having worries, you can ask the nurse about what she is giving you.
True or False?
Choosing to be safe and careful about prescription drugs shows that you respect yourself.
True
Prescription medications are medicines that your doctor prescribes. They can be unsafe if you take the w____ a_____
wrong amount
Jill has a bad headache. Her parent is busy with an important phone call. Jill decides to take the headache medicine all by herself. What kind of a choice did Jill make?
Unhealthy/Unsafe choice
Where do you go at home if there is a weather emergency?
Examples:
-basement
-room without windows