Making healthy decisions
This healthy habit helps your body stay strong and gives you energy every day.
Excersise
Your friends are pressuring you to do something you know is wrong, so you firmly look them in the eye and say, "No, I'm not doing that." What is this direct way of standing up for yourself called?
being assertive/determined, saying no strictly
This is when you can actually talk about your feelings without it turning into a huge fight, and you both really listen to each other.
Communication
Someone creates a fake profile of a classmate online and posts embarrassing photos of them on social media. This represents what specific type of bullying?
Cyberbullying
Drinking this instead of sugary drinks helps keep your body hydrated.
Water
A group of kids is pressuring you to skip the next class period. Instead of going with them, you walk away and go sit with a different group of classmates who are heading to the library to study. What is this strategy called?
Finding better friends or changing your environment.
These are the rules or personal lines you set so your partner knows what you are and aren't comfortable with
Boundaries
A group of students is laughing at a kid who tripped in the hallway. Someone walks by, sees it happening, feels bad, but walks away without saying anything. What are they acting as?
Bystander
Eating fruits and vegetables helps your body get these important nutrients.
vitamins/nutrients
Your friend group is trying to convince you to sneak out of the house. You don't want to do it, so you say, "I can't, my parents check my room randomly at night." What strategy are you using to get out of the situation?
Making a reasonable excuse
You have this when you don't feel the need to constantly check their phone or
worry about who they're texting
Trust
someone notices a kid being excluded from the lunch table every day. They decides to go sit next to the, strike up a conversation, and invites them to hang out at recess. Who are they acting as?
Upstander
Getting 8-10 hours of this each night helps teens stay healthy and focused.
Sleep
Someone is pressuring you to try a cigarette. You refuse by saying, "No thanks, let's go over to the bleachers and watch the rest of the game instead." What is it called when you suggest a different activity to get away from the pressure?
Offering an alternative (or changing the subject).
This means you don't trash-talk the things they like, and you treat them like an equal, not like you're bossing them around.
Respect
Instead of keeping it a secret, a student goes to the school counselor or uses an anonymous school tip line to report that a classmate is being bullies. This action is known as doing this.
Reportimg/telling a trusted adult
Choosing to say no when friends pressure you to do something unsafe shows this important skill.
responsible decisions
Your track teammates are all pushing each other to run faster, eat healthier, and practice harder over the weekend so the team can win the upcoming meet. Is this peer pressure positive or negative, why or why not?
Positive peer pressure because you are influencing them in the right direction.
This is when you still hang out with your own friends and do your own hobbies instead of spending every single second together.
Independence
someone sees a new student crying because people were teasing them. They remembers how hard it was to be the new kid last year, so she sits down to comfort them. This person is practicing this quality.
Empathy