Healthy Relationships
What is one way to ensure that you and your partner/friend are communicating effectively?
Be honest, listen, ask questions
Boundaries keep us
SAFE!
What is a synonym or another word for consent?
Permission
What are some indicators that your relationship is unhealthy?
lack of trust, feeling upset/sad/dissatisfied, abuse
What has hands, but cannot clap?
A clock!
This is a quality in a healthy relationship when you connect with your friends to exchange information and news.
Communication
When Shannon polled several students in your class about how they would respond when told about another persons boundaries, what did nearly every student reply with?
They would respect them; share theirs; okay.
Practicing consent keeps us ___________
SAFE!
Who can be in an unhealthy relationship?
Anyone
Take off my skin and I won't cry, but you will!
What am I?
An onion!
You have just had a fight with your best friend and are trying to sort out how to navigate. Who are some of the adults at Donview that you could speak with?
Any amazing adult, Shannon
Remembering back to the first workshop, which person does one have the least amount of boundaries with?
Yourself!
Consent expires the moment the thing that has been agreed to has ended (ie, the hug is over).
What else ends consent?
By saying no, stop, pulling away.
Although everyone has different ideas of what is healthy or unhealthy in a relationship, what is ALWAYS a sign of an unhealthy relationship?
Abuse of any type.
What can you catch, but not throw?
A cold!
How can you tell you're in a healthy or unhealthy relationship?
By checking in with how you feel. If you feel great most of the time in a relationship, this is a good indicator that the relationship is healthy. If you often feel sad, angry, anxious, unsure or uncomfortable this might mean your relationship is unhealthy.
What are some examples of physical boundaries?
T or F, someone can consent when they are asleep?
False, someone has to be conscious and willing to consent.
Arguments and conflict are a part of healthy relationships, however arguments that are ______________ might be a sign you're in an unhealthy relationship.
Belittling, abusive, violent, derogatory, insulting.
What is so delicate that by saying it's name breaks it?
Silence
What healthy characteristic allows you to rely on a person because you feel safe with them and have confidence they will not hurt or violate you
Trust
DAILY DOUBLE:
Explain how important Trust in a relationship is.
What is the first thing you should do when someone is not respecting your boundaries?
Say "STOP"
What does asking consent sound like?
Do you want to_______
Do you want to keep going ______
Are you comfortable with _________
Is this Ok with you? _________
DOUBLE JEOPARDY:
Someone has given you a noncommittal repsonse to consent, ie: they shrug. What should you do?
What are some signs that you are not communicating effectively with your partner/friend?
Not feeling comfortable or being afraid to express wants, needs, fears, etc.., or dreading/avoiding conversations about difficult topics
What has 13 hearts, but no other organs?
A deck of cards!