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Safe and Healthy Friendships

Safe and Healthy Friendships. Peers – people of similar age who share similar interests. TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS: Friendship- a significant relationship between two people. Friendships.

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Safe and Healthy Friendships

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  1. Safe and HealthyFriendships Peers – people of similar age who share similar interests. TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS: Friendship- a significant relationship between two people.

  2. Friendships • Platonic Friendship- a friendship with a member of the opposite gender in which there is affection but the two people are not considered a couple.

  3. Friendships • Casual Friendship- between peers who share something in common.

  4. Friendships • Close Friendship- casual friends who have strong emotional ties, share thoughts, feelings, and experiences

  5. Does Colonia HS Have “Cliques”? • Clique- a small circle of friends, usually with similar backgrounds or tastes, who exclude people viewed as outsiders.

  6. Problems with Cliques • Prejudice- making assumptions or judgments about an individual without really knowing him or her. • How do you judge a new person you just met? • Stereotype- an exaggerated and over simplified belief about an entire group of people, such as an ethnic or religious group or a gender.

  7. Choosing Friends • Be Loyal • Encourage Each Other • Respect Each Other

  8. Peer Pressure • Peer Pressure- the influence that people your age may have on you. • Examples- ? • Positive- “role model”

  9. Peer Pressure • Negative- • Harassment- persistently annoying others • (Name calling, teasing, bullying)

  10. Negative Peer Pressure • Manipulation- an indirect, dishonest way to control or influence others. • Mocking or teasing • Using guilt trips • Bargaining- making a deal to get your own way • Using flattery • Bribing- money or favors • Making threats • Using blackmail

  11. Refusal skills • Be assertive- stand up for your rights • State your position- say “no” • Suggest alternative- Stand your ground • Don’t be “passive”- a tendency to give up, give in, or back down without standing up for their own rights and needs. • Some people feel they have to be “aggressive”-overly forceful, pushy, hostile, or otherwise attacking in their approach.

  12. Dating • Teens begin to have feelings of attraction to people they only thought of as classmates or friends. • *develop social skills • *learn more about yourself • *discover new interests • *reaffirm your values • *begin thinking about your future

  13. Dating • Infatuation- exaggerated feelings of passion for another person. (do not confuse with affection) • Affection – a feeling of fondness for someone.

  14. Deciding to date • May not be ready • May have other interests • May have other time commitments • May have family traditions or values • “Everyone is UNIQUE”

  15. WHO ?Male or Female • Who asks the other person out? • Who decides where to go? • Who drives or arranges for • transportation? • Who pays? • Who decides • when the date is over? • Curfew- a set time at which you • must be home at night.

  16. Successful relationships • 1. Establish your priorities- • Think about your goals and set priorities that will help you reach them. Consider YOUR values and those of your family such as respect, honesty, integrity and morality. • Priorities- those goals, tasks and activities that you judge to be more important than others.

  17. ASSIGNMENT • Describe the “perfect date”. • Include all components of dating that were discussed in the previous notes. • (This is a minor assessment grade)

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