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Characteristics of a Good Friend
Things Good Friends Say
Behaviors of Good Friends
Definition of Bullying
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True of False: A good friend listens to you.
True.
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True of false: Good friends compliment each other.
True
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This good friend sees you sitting alone at lunch and invites you to eat lunch with him (refer to the story boards: does this friend treat others well, include others, etc?).
This type of friend treats others well and includes others. Either answer is correct.
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This type of bullying involves hitting, tripping, shoving, or pushing.
What is physical bullying!
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True of False: A good friend is always nice to you.
False. Sometimes even a good friend has a bad day and may act cranky. However a good friend should apologize for being cranky to you.
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True or false: A good friend will quietly tell you that you have food stuck in your front teeth or if there is a bug in your hair.
True! A good friend does not want you to walk around with spinach in your teeth or a bug in your hair. A good friend would not want you to feel embarassed.
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This type of good friend invites you to go out for pizza with her family (refer to the story boards: does this friend treat others well, include others, etc?)
This friend is including others.
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This type of bullying involves name calling, threatening, teasing, insults, and spreading rumors.
What is verbal bullying!
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True or false: Good friends can disagree without hurting each other.
True. When good friends disagree, they can still speak kindly to each other and agree to disagree.
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True or false: A good friend will tell you how dumb you are and then say, "Just kidding."
False. Good friends say nice things to each other.
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This type of good friend asks you if you are okay after you fall down on the playground (refer to the story boards: does this friend treat others well, include others, etc?).
This type of good friend treats others well.
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This type of bullying involves excluding someone from a group, spreading rumors about a person, and embarrassing someone in public.
What is mental bullying (also known as social bullying)!
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True or false: Good friends often do not do what they say they are going to do (they are not dependable).
False. Good friends always do their best to keep their word (they say what they mean and mean what they say).
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This type of friend will blame everything on you when he or she gets in trouble.
Answer: Not a "good friend" yet ("bad friend" is an acceptable answer as well).
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True of false: A friend who treats others well will not introduce you to his or her other friends.
False. A good friend will introduce you to his or her other friends.
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True or false: It is okay to bully someone as long as no adults are watching.
False. It is never okay to bully someone.
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True or false: Good friends do not try to understand their friend's feelings and behaviors.
False. Good friends try to understand each other's feelings and behaviors.
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This type of friend will be your friend one day and will not be your friend the next day.
This is called a "fair weather friend". This is a friend who supports others only when it is easy and convenient to do so.
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True or false: A good friend should call you mean names when you behave in a bad way.
False! A good friend might not like something you do, but a good friend will speak nicely to you about what happened.
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In our definition of bullying, what does R.I.P. stand for?
Bullying must be "R," Repetitive, "I," include an Imbalance in power (physical strength, access to embarrassing information, or popularity—to control or harm others), and "P," Purposeful. They bully is purposefully being harmful and mean.