Health Skills Grade 12 Term 2 Chapter 7

Health Skills Grade 12 Term 2 Chapter 7

Healthy and Responsible Adolescent Relationships

Lesson 7.1

Building Healthy Adolescent Realtionships

Relationships

What do you think of the following statements?

• It is important to have friendships in our lives

• Healthy relationships make us feel like there is always someone to talk to

Poll

Do you think that having many relationships is important, or a few very strong relationships is important?

• Many relationships with many people

• A few quality relationships

Open Ended

Why do you feel the way that you do? Either that having many relationships is very important or a few quality relationships?

What is self-worth?

• Having a sense of self-worth means that you value yourself, and having a sense of self-value means that you are worthy.

• Self-worth is defined by Merriam-Webster as: “a feeling that you are a good person who deserves to be treated with respect

Poll

Do you think you have self-worth

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

Why do you think being a member of a group of friends is important for well-being and health?

Differences Among Relationships

Adolescence can be a challenging time in a young person’s life. You are developing physically, intellectually and emotionally. Your social world is expanding, your friends are becoming increasingly important and many of you will enter a wide range of new relationships outside the family through school, peers and through membership of groups linked to your interests, sport or hobbies.

Differences Among Relationships

Relationships are different. Some relationships are formal, and others are closer and more familiar. Relationships meet different adolescent’s needs. For example, family and friends relationships, meet adolescent emotional needs. Whilst, their relationships with teachers are based on their need to learn.  

Differences Among Relationships

Another factor that makes different relationships unique is the role adolescent plays. A role is a part you play when you interact with others in any relationship. Within one day, you may play different roles with different people. You might be a son or a daughter at home, a friend when you are hanging out with your friends, a student at school, an employee in your future job, or a husband or a wife in future marriage. 

The responsibilities that come with a role may change over time. New roles and responsibilities might be taken by adolescents as they get older.

Multiple Choice

Ali and his father have very different economical views. However, they accept their differences and do not try to change each other’s opinions.

Which quality of healthy relationships does this action shows?

• Acceptance

• Mutual Respect

• Supportive

• Trust

Open Ended

Pretend your friend was absent from this class and she/he asks you to explain the lesson. What would you tell her about what you learned in this lesson?

Lesson 7.2

Effective Communication Skills

Poll

Do you feel like you treat others the way you would like to be treated?

• No

• Yes

• Sometimes I feel I treat them better than I am treated

• Sometimes I feel I treat them worse than I am treated

Poll

Do you think that giving and receiving equally is an important aspect of friendships and relationships?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

Has there ever been a time in a relationship when you did not feel safe? Why did this make feel this way? Are you still friends with the person who made you feel unsafe? Have they changed their behaviour?

Poll

Do you think you are passive (don't express your views), aggressive (overly forceful or pushy about your views), or assertive (strong minded but respectful about expressing your views)?

• Passive

• Aggressive

• Assertive

Open Ended

Case Study

Mariam’s friend Hala is the kind of person who always wants to have her own way. When they go out together, Hala decides where they’ll go and what they’ll do. If Mariam offers a suggestion, Hala refuses it. Mariam wants to stay friends with Hala, but she is tired of being pushed around. She wishes she knew how to stand up for herself without being rude.

1. Identify the style of communication each person reflects

Typer your answer like this:

Hala:

Mariam:

Ways to communicate

You communicate with others either verbally or nonverbally. 

When you talk on the phone or write a message you only use your own words. This is called verbal communication.  When communicating in person people can see you, so your body language. people can receive your messages through your expressions and gestures. This known as nonverbal communication.

Multiple Choice

Select the most appropriate answer demonstrating "I" message

• You're always making me upset

• You always say mean things that hurt me

• I feel very sad when hurtful things are said to me

• It makes me so mad when you say rude things and you always do!

Open Ended

Your friend borrows your favorite book and returns it torn and scribbled on, without saying anything about it. When you flip through the book and find some pages missing, you are angry.

How will you handle this using "I" messaging?

Poll

Based on your knowledge of good listening skills, do you believe you are a good listener?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

Write an e-mail to a teacher explaining why you didn't do your homework.

Multiple Choice

You ask a classmate if they can help you with a project. They cross their arms, roll their eyes, but don't say anything. Have they communicated with you?

• No, at this stage it is one way communication

• No, but they are rude

• Sort of, you won't really know until she answers though

• Yes, she has demonstrated non-verbal communication

Open Ended

Which strategy do you think is most important to maintaining healthy relationships and why?

- Separating emotions from reality.

- Continue to appreciate and respect each other.

- Say what you feel is true.

- Do not give up your principles.

- Stay friends even when things become difficult.

- Act independently to improve any relationship.

Lesson 7.3

Developing Healthy Adolescent-Family Relationships

Open Ended

What is a family?

Open Ended

How does your family look? When I think of family, I think mine looked like this when I was younger; my mom, dad, brother and sister, but my family has grown over the years and now includes my brother-in-law, my brothers girlfriend, and my fiancé. So how does yours look in your opinion?

Open Ended

What does your nuclear family look like now?

Poll

What family do you most relate to?

• Nuclear (mom, dad, siblings in your house)

• Extended (grandparents, aunts, uncles, live in your house)

• Blended (through divorce you have new siblings and live with that family)

• Single Parent (one parent/divorce/widow)

• Foster (not your birth parents)

ACTIVITY BREAK

Go to TEAMS and complete the assignment "Young Adult-Family Relationships Health Chart"

You have 10 minutes

Open Ended

What qualities do you think build a strong family?

Open Ended

How does quality time affect family relationships?

Open Ended

In your opinion, what are some issues that can cause problems in families?

Lesson 7.4

Friendship during Adolescence

Open Ended

What are three qualities you think a good friend should have?

Open Ended

Which of the aforementioned qualities do you think are the most important and why?

Poll

Have you ever felt positive peer pressure?

• Yes

• No

Poll

Have you ever felt negative peer pressure?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

‘Peer pressure is defined as the social pressure from members of your group to accept certain beliefs or act in certain ways in order to be accepted’.

Please give an example of peer pressure.

Open Ended

Write a statement that summarizes your view on positive and negative peer pressure.

Open Ended

‘Refusal skills can help deal with negative peer pressure’.

a) Have you ever had to say no to a friend if he pressured you to participate in an unsafe activity?

b. How would you say no?

c. What happened to the relationship?

Open Ended

Your friend is telling you to skip your university lecture to go to lunch. She is saying it's no big deal and that you understand everything anways. How do you tell your friend no?

Open Ended

Why do you think that sometimes it might be better to end a friendship, for both people involved?