Friends
You have accidentally double booked yourself Saturday. You have plans with two different friends in different places.
1. Reschedule one of your friends
2. Ask if the two are willing to hang out together
You want to go out with your cousin tonight to see a movie but Mom wants you to stay home for family game night.
1. See if you can do both
2. Spend time with your family
You know two kids in your English Class are planning to cheat on the next test.
2. Tell the teacher
You borrowed a phone to make a call but dropped it in a puddle before you could return it. Now it won't turn on.
Offer to pay for the repair.
1. Talk to them about compromise
2. Choose not to spend time with them for a while
You had a fight with your Dad and you know that you are the one being unreasonable.
You forgot about a huge project and now it is due in 3 days.
1. Get to work and do the best you can with the time you have
2. Ask for an extension
You found some really nice headphones sitting under a park bench. No one else is around.
Turn it in to the police station
Look for the owner.
A friend is having problems at home and has started hanging out with people who encourage rule breaking behavior.
1. Talk to your friend about what is going on with them
2. Go to a trusted adult to let them know what's going on
Your sibling "borrowed" money from your bedside table drawer without asking.
1. Talk to the sibling and ask for it back
2. Let your parents know
A student who sits behind you in Math is whispering rude comments to his/her friends about the teacher and it is making you uncomfortable.
1. Ask the student to stop
2. Speak to the teacher/other school personnel
You really want to get a pet but your parents are against the idea. How could you convince them?
1. Do chores/ "earn" the pet
2. Demonstrate how responsible you are
3. Explain the benefits of having a pet
You and your best friend have always had similar interests. Lately, your best friend has stopped being interested in the things you like to do.
Explore your friend's new interest-maybe you'll like it too? You can still be friends even if your interests don't align as much.
You want to work a part time job. Your mom doesn't want you to because she wants you to focus on school.
Talk to her about your reasons for taking the job and the positive side of things
Take the job as a summer job?
You get assigned an essay and you don't care about the topic at all.
1. Ask to change it
2. Try to find something you're interested in within that topic.
You were in a hurry and accidentally put a red sock in with the white clothes. Now everything is pink.
Wash everything again with strong detergent.
Hey! You like pink!
You catch your friend vaping in the bathroom. They beg you not to tell anyone about it.
Tell an adult
Explain to your friend that you are worried and that you both could get in trouble if you don't tell.
You are supposed to be home from your friend's house by 10 but you lost track of time and it is now 10:30 pm.
Call/text home immediately and let them know you are on your way
You are exhausted and fall asleep in class because you stayed up too late watching TV.
Go to bed earlier
You need to buy art supplies for your art class next semester, but your savings won't cover it and the family budget is tight for the next few months
1. Save up a while longer
2. Do chores/get a job to pay for it