G-W Ch. 15 Healthy Relationships

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Texas Health
Skills
for Middle School

Ch. 15 Promoting Healthy Relationships

Lesson

15.1

What Is a Healthy Relationship?

Open Ended

In your opinion, what is a Healthy Relationship?

Draw

Draw a picure of a Healthy Relationship or write 5 words that describe a Healthy Relationship.

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Healthy Versus Unhealthy Relationships

In a healthy
relationship, you will
feel
• safe and secure
• loved and valued
• free to be yourself
• acknowledged and

understood

• confident and free to

be yourself

In an unhealthy
relationship, you will
feel
• anxious
• unsafe
• angry and resentful
• sad
• ignored
• used and pressured

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Characteristics of Healthy Relationships

•Healthy relationships share the following characteristics

Honesty

Trust

Mutual respect
Care and

Commitment

Emotional

control

Safety

Good

interpersonal

skills

​Understanding

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Unhealthy Relationships

•A relationship needs to change or end if you

•feel used, ignored, or unappreciated

•experience angry outbursts, threats, constant fighting, violence, or

controlling or jealous behavior
•are pressured to engage in activities that make you uncomfortable

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Talk About It…

Whom would you talk to if you were in an unhealthy relationship?

What resources are available in your community?

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Communication Process

•The exchange of messages and responses between two or more

people is the communication process

•A constructive response to a message is feedback
The Keyword is CONSTRUCTIVE.

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Types of Communication

Verbal

communication

In-person

conversation

Texting or phone calls

Social media and

e-mail

Nonverbal

communication

Eye contact, facial
expressions, and

posture

Gestures (nodding,

moving hands)

Tone, volume, and

pitch of voice

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Think About It… Table Talk

•Does online communication include any elements of nonverbal

communication? Explain.

•What are the benefits and drawbacks of online communication

compared to talking in person?

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Skills Check

•To communicate effectively

Use active
listening to

understand the
other person’s
point of view

Clearly express

your

preferences
and feelings

Be assertive

(not passive or

aggressive)

Use

I-statements

instead of

you-statements

Be aware of

your nonverbal
cues like facial

expressions

and body
language

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Skills Check

•Online communication

Be kind and respectful

Solve conflicts offline

Think before you share

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Conflict

•Conflicts are present even in healthy relationships

•Can stem from misunderstandings or different priorities, values, goals,

or needs
•How conflict is resolved determines how healthy a relationship is

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Mediation

•Some conflicts are too serious or difficult to manage without

mediation

•Many schools provide

peer mediation
programs to help
students solve conflicts
among themselves

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Open Ended

Name some feelings that might occur in a UNHEALTHY relationship?

Open Ended

Name some feelings that might occur in a HEALTHY relationship?

Open Ended

What do these signs look like in real life? Give an example.

Dropdown

Can conflict happen in healthy relationships?​

Select answer

Lesson

15.2

Family Relationships

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Family Relationships

•Immediate family and extended family can play a significant role in

developing relationships

•Healthy family relationships

•provide for physical needs, including food and drink, shelter, medical

care, and clothing
•meet mental and emotional needs

•socialize children and educate them about cultural traditions and

rituals

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Health Alert!

•Community resources can give

extra support to families

•Fire and police departments,

clinics, hospitals, public schools,
and government agencies such
as food pantries or homeless
shelters

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Relationships with Guardians

•Many young people experience conflict with caregivers, parents, or

guardians

•Parents or guardians may set rules to keep young people safe, but

youth find these rules limiting due to a desire for independence
•Conflicts may also develop due to media influences from TV or movies

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Skills Check

Healthy relationships with parents or guardians

• Get approval before you commit to plans. Answer any questions

your guardian may have and revise the plan if needed

• Discuss family rules and expectations and calmly explain if you

think a rule should change and why

• Follow the rules, even if you disagree with them
• Do not yell or walk away during a disagreement to show you can

be responsible

• Spend time doing enjoyable activities with your family

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Sibling Relationships

•Conflicts among siblings are common

•Due to having different personalities, interests, and ways of handling

major life events
•Competitions called sibling rivalry may lead to negative feelings such

as anger or jealousy

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Skills Check

• Get away from tense situations and cool down
• Express how you feel to your sibling and to your

parent or guardian

• Compromise when issues arise
• Identify personal space for each person and respect

your sibling’s space and privacy

• Find enjoyable ways of spending time together

Healthy sibling relationships

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Changes in Family Relationships

•Positive and negative changes can

create stress and disrupt family
relationships

•Healthy families can work through

these changes together

Job changes and
promotions

New schools

Changes in health

Birth or adoption

Moves

Marriage or divorce

Death of a family member

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  family relationships provide for physical needs, including food and drink, shelter, and medical care

Lesson

15.3

Peer Relationships

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Types of Friendships

Close friends

Casual friends

Acquaintances

Online friends

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Diversity

•The inclusion of people with different backgrounds is diversity

•Includes age, sex, family traditions, ethnicities, and cultures

•Avoid making assumptions based on stereotypes

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Strategies for Healthy Friendships

•Make time for relationships, especially when you are busy

•Try spending time in a group, doing an activity together, or talking

throughout the day

•Step away from the screen and make time to be physically present

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Skills Check

Tips for being a good friend

• Avoid interrupting or judging while your friends talk
• Support and encourage your friends, and celebrate their

successes

• Do not gossip or spread rumors
• Work to solve disagreements and problems
• Express your feelings openly during conflicts and listen to

your friend’s point of view

• Apologize if you hurt your friend, and try to find ways to

make it better

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The Negative Effects
of Gossip and Rumors

What can you do to stop the
spread of gossip and rumors?

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Common Issues in Friendships

•A small group of friends who deliberately exclude other people from

joining or being a part of their group is a clique

•Jealousy between friends is normal once in a while, but can build up

over time if not discussed

•Physical, emotional, and social changes can create distance

between friends

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What Is Peer Pressure?

•The influence people feel from peers

can be positive or negative

•A friend may encourage someone to

study for an upcoming class
•A friend might also pressure someone

to do something risky

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Handling Peer Pressure

•Young people may go along with peer pressure in an attempt to fit in

or avoid being teased and excluded

•Negative peer pressure does not occur in healthy friendships

•You have the right to walk away from situations that make you

uncomfortable

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Skills Check

When someone
pressures you to
do something
you are not
comfortable with

• Focus on your own feelings and values

and make decisions that reflect your
core beliefs

• Have the self-confidence to walk away
• Do not join in the behavior
• Choose friends who have values similar

to yours

• Support other people when they resist

peer pressure

• Talk to a trusted adult about continued

peer pressure over time

Dropdown

Which is NOT one of the 4 types of friendships? ​

Select answer

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Drag and Drop

•If someone encourages young people to be the best they can be, this is called ​

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peer pressure

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positive

negative

unwanted

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Conor’s friends purposely exclude Taylor from being a part of their group. This is called a ​

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Lesson

15.4

Bullying and Cyberbullying

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Bullying

•Repeated aggressive behavior toward someone that causes the

person injury or discomfort is bullying

•An example of peer abuse

•Bullying is always the fault of the person bullying others, not the

person who is bullied

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Examples of Bullying

•Bullying can be emotional or physical

•Bullying that targets a particular part

of identity (race, religion, sex) is
harassment

•Also includes stalking and hazing

Physical bullying

• Hitting or punching
• Pushing or shoving
• Kicking
• Biting
• Choking
• Physical intimidation

• Teasing or mocking
• Gossiping
• Name-calling
• Threatening
• Excluding
• Embarrassing
• Stealing

​Emotional bullying

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Consequences of Bullying

•Young people who are bullied may

Feel afraid to
go to school
or be online

Have trouble
concentratin

g on

homework

Change

relationships

with peers
and family

Quit playing

a sport or

other activity

Feel angry,
sad, lonely,
or depressed

Experience
interpersonal

violence

Engage in

self-harm or

suicidal
ideation

Feel helpless

to stop the

bullying

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Skills Check

•Responding to bullying

Do not participate in the bullying

Do not respond if someone bullies you

Be assertive and tell the person to stop

Avoid bullying back by hitting or yelling at the person

Tell an adult about the bullying

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Bystander Effect

•The bystander effect is the feeling that you do not have a

responsibility to speak up and act

•Instead, be an upstander, or ally

•Recognize wrong behavior, do something, and support positive

change

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Skills Check

•To be an upstander

Interrupt the situation

Tell the person to stop

Recruit allies

Support the person being
bullied

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Cyberbullying

•Bullying that uses electronic communication is called cyberbullying

•News can spread far and quickly

•People can remain anonymous online

•Can involve embarrassing, harassing, or threatening through texts,

posts on social media, or e-mail

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Examples of Cyberbullying

Sending mean
or threatening

messages

Sharing hurtful
posts or gossip

Blocking or

unfriending for

no reason

Hacking
accounts

Catfishing

Cyberstalking

Creating

websites or
pages to hurt

others

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Consequences of Cyberbullying

•Cyberbullying has serious consequences

• Anxiety, depression, and loneliness
• Low self-esteem
• Lower grades
• Aggressive actions
• Withdrawal from friends and social

activities

• Changes in sleep, appetite, and behavior
• Anxiety before, during, or after using

digital devices

• Avoidance of digital devices
• Thoughts of hurting one’s self or others

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Skills Check

•How to respond to cyberbullying

•Do not participate in cyberbullying

•Block the person’s ability to contact you

•Do not respond to the person’s messages

•Save or screenshot the person’s messages, videos, or photos as

evidence
•Tell a parent or other trusted adult

Dropdown

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Select answer

is bullying that occurs online.

Dropdown

Bullying that targets a person’s race, religion, or sex is ​

Select answer

.​

Dropdown

Teasing, Mocking or Name-calling is an example of ___​

Select answer

_____ bullying.

Open Ended

Kyle starts receiving hurtful comments on social media from a few of his classmates. What can Kyle do?

Open Ended

Name at least 2 serious consequences for cyber bullying?