School
You forgot your backpack at home, but the book you need for your next class is inside.
1. Call home and see if anyone can bring it
2. Explain to your teacher that your book is at your house
3. Ask a friend to borrow their book
You really want to hang out with your friend, but your parents won't let you go to your friend's house.
1. Ask parents if the friend could come over to your house
2. Ask parents if you can go over another time this week
3. Call friend on the phone/Skype
While eating in the cafeteria, someone tripped right next to where you were sitting. All of their food fell onto your lap making a mess on your pants.
1. Tell the person, it's okay
2. Help them clean up the mess
3. Go to the bathroom and clean yourself off
You are in a bad mood today and your friend wants to talk to you.
1. Explain to your friend you are feeling down
2. Ask friend to do something together that will help you feel better
You want to tell your friend about what you did over the weekend. When you say hi, they turn towards you and smile. What is your friend thinking?
They want to hear what you have to say.
You feel overwhelmed with the amount of work you have to do for school. You keep turning assignments in late and forget to bring everything you need for each class you have.
1. Ask your parents to help you get organized
2. Use a calendar/schedule to help you keep you organized
3. Make to-do list of what assignments are coming up and what supplies you need for each class
Every year at Easter your grandma wants you to eat her special carrot cake that takes her hours to make. You don't like the taste of the cake.
1. Take a slice and then put it in the trash later
2. Explain to your grandma that you are too full
3. Tell grandma that you would like some later
You are at a school dance and you want to ask someone to dance with you but you they he/she might not want to.
1. Ask anyway
2. Ask your friend to go with you to ask him/her
You are angry at your friend because they were gossiping about you behind your back.
1. Tell your friend "I don't want you to talk about me behind my back, gossiping isn't what friends do."
2. Talk to friend about how they hurt you
3. Ask your friend to stop
You want to tell your friend a joke you heard this morning. They are sitting at their desk writing something with their eyebrows furrowed. What are they thinking? Is it the right time to tell the joke?
Your friend is focused on what they are doing. It might not be the right time to tell a joke, especially if it is class time.
Everyone is getting invited to a party where people have said there might not be any parents there. You get invited by some of your friends.
1. Make an excuse that you are busy that night
2. Express that you don't like breaking your parent’s rules and don't want to go
3. Tell them, no thanks
Your parents keep asking you to do your chores, but you are so busy with school work and friends that you never make time to do them.
1. Pick a day and time that you will do them each week and put it in a schedule
2. Put reminders in your phone/on sticky notes
You need to go to class, but your friend won't stop talking to you.
1. Tell them you are late and need to go
2. Say, "Sorry, can we finish this conversation later?"
You and your friend both tried out for the school basketball team. Your friend didn't make the team but you did.
1. Talk with your friend. Sympathize with him for not making the team.
2. Do something for your friend to cheer him up (do his/her favorite activity
Your classmate is sitting at their desk with their head on the desk, and the hood on their sweatshirt is all the way up. What might they be feeling? What could you say to them?
1.) Tired
2) Sick
3) Overwhelmed
You have a test tomorrow as well as a few projects due. You haven't finished the projects or studied enough for the test.
1. Talk to your parents and ask for help
2. Consider asking your teachers for an extension on the projects
3. Consider which is more important, the test or the projects and prioritize which class you need to do better in
You and your sibling get to choose where your family goes for dinner tonight. You want to go to Wendy’s but your sibling wants to go to Chipotle.
1. Agree on a 3rd option we both like
2. Agree on letting one of you choose this time, if the other one gets to choose next time
3. Flip a coin/rock paper scissors
Your friend says “good morning” to you, but you are in a hurry and forget to say anything to them! Now they are upset.
1. Apologize
2. Explain to your friend you were in a hurry.
Your friend just told you he/she is running for class president for the student council elections. You're disappointed because you are also running for that position.
1. Agree to both run and see who wins
2. Talk to friend, tell them how you feel
3. Run for different positions so you can both be on student council
Your cousin is busy cooking dinner before a family get together. He is moving around the kitchen preparing, and also scrolling through a recipe on his phone. You want to tell him all about your week, but he only says, "Mm." when you tell him about something cool that happened. What is your cousin thinking?
Your cousin is probably trying to focus on the recipe so he doesn't ruin the meal. He might also want to talk to you, but it isn't a good time.
There is someone at school who bullies you. He/she says mean things when you walk by them in the hallway.
1. Ignore the bully
2. Talk to your parents at home about it
3. Talk to your friends about it
Aunt Jane gives you a pair of pajamas for the holidays but you don’t like them. What do you say? Why? How will Aunt Jane feel if you tell her you don’t like them?
Say, "Thank you"
She went out of her way to buy you a gift, she would feel upset if you didn't like the pajamas
You and your friends are talking to a teacher on campus. You notice he has a piece of toilet paper stuck to the bottom of his shoe.
1. Wait till the conversation is over and then mention it to the teacher when the other students are gone
2. Quietly tell the teacher he has toilet paper on his shoe when the other students aren't paying attention
You are feeling sick and really tired, and it’s hard to concentrate at school. What do you do, and say?
Do: You can tell a teacher, take a break, call your ride to go home, go visit the nurse. What else can you do/say?
You sit next to your classmate at lunch. She is resting one elbow and is frowning. When you ask her about her day, she says, "Great" but she does not sound excited. How might she be feeling? What could you say?
1. She might be sad, mad, or frustrated.
2. You could ask what is wrong, or if she wants to talk about it.