Teen Skills: Relationships Unit 1 Review

Communication Roadblock: Use an intimidating tone. Suggest that you doubt the previous speaker’s sincerity.

• Attacking question

• Distracting

• Having all the answers

• Yes, but...

Communication Roadblock: Blame an individual for causing the problem.

• Blaming

• Distracting

• Interrupting

• Sarcasm

Communication Roadblock: Try to solve the problem for everyone else. Insist your solution is best.

• Having all the answers

• Criticizing

• Yes, but

• Sarcasm

Communication Roadblock: Constantly try to change the subject.

• Distracting

• Criticizing

• Yes, but

• Lecturing

Communication Roadblock: Criticize what the last person said.

• Distracting

• Criticizing

• Interrupting

• Lecturing

Communication Roadblock: Interrupt the person who is talking.

• Distracting

• Sarcasm

• Interrupting

• Lecturing

Communication Roadblock: Lecture the group about what they SHOULD think or do.

• Having all the answers

• Sarcasm

• Distracting

• Lecturing

Communication Roadblock: Make a sarcastic comment about what’s been said: “Oh please! Like that would ever work!”

• Having all the answers

• Sarcasm

• Distracting

• Lecturing

Communication Roadblock: Begin your point with “Yes, but” and always contradict what the other person just said.

• Having all the answers

• Yes, but...

• Distracting

• Lecturing

Something you can't live a good happy life without

• Want

• Need