activity 5
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What happens when your friends pressure you and you say "no"? Do they get mad? Do they walk away? Do they stop talking to you? Or does nothing happen? It can be tough to say "no" because you may be worried about how your friends will react.
Take a look at the tips on this poster. Click to enlarge it.
Now, check out the situations on the next few pages. How would you respond to each one? First, think about your options and the possible consequences (short- and long-term) for each scenario. Then decide if you would want to say "no" to what is being proposed. (Be honest!) What might make it difficult for you to say "no"? Decide how you would respond and explain why. Remember: It's YOUR decision. YOU have to live with the consequences.
Your best friend has called you in a panic. He needs your help studying for tomorrow's biology test. You've had a rough few days and really want to be home alone and chill out for the night.
| What are your options? | |
| What are some possible short and long-term consequences? | |
| Would you say "yes" or "no"? If "no", how would you say it? | |
| Click here for tips | Continue to page 2. |
You join a group of your friends for an all-day trip to an amusement park. As the day goes on, two of your friends start smoking cigarettes. They ask you to join them, and you say "no". But they continue to ask, and each time it is with increasing insistence.
| What are your options? | |
| What are some possible short and long-term consequences? | |
| Would you say "yes" or "no"? If "no", how would you say it? | |
| Click here for tips | Continue to page 3. |
You're with a friend at a store, and you notice that he slips some sunglasses into his backpack. He asks you to stand in front of him while he "loads up."
| What are your options? | |
| What are some possible short and long-term consequences? | |
| Would you say "yes" or "no"? If "no", how would you say it? | |
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A group of friends agrees to tell their parents that they will be sleeping over at one friend's house. What they don't tell their parents is that there won't be any adults there—the friend's parents are out of town. If asked, they will lie about it. You are invited to join them.
| What are your options? | |
| What are some possible short and long-term consequences? | |
| Would you say "yes" or "no"? If "no", how would you say it? | |
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