Unit 2 Lesson 9

Unit 2 Lesson 9 Friendships

Healthful friendship:
A friendship in which there is a balance of giving and taking between two people.

Are giving and taking?
Are your friends giving and taking?
Are your friendships balanced?

Decision-Making With Friends

Peer Pressure:
The influence that the people of similar age or status place on others to encourage them to make certain decision or to behave in certain ways.

NO MATTER HOW CLOSE YOU FEEL TO FRIENDS, YOU NEED TO BE OBJECTIVE WHEN MAKING DECISIONS.

YOU MUST MAKE RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS.

Decision Making Model

Decisions made with friend or by yourself should result in actions that:

1. are healtful,

2. are safe,

3. are legal,

4. show respect for yourself and others,

5. follow the guidelines of your parents,

6. demonstrate good character.

Decision Making Styles

Inactive Decision-Making Style

You fail to make a decision and this failure to make a decision determins what will happen. You do not know what you want to do and you put off making a decision. You then have to live with whatever happens.

Reactive Decision-Making Style

A decision-making style in which you allow others to make yur decisions. You are easily influenced by what others think, do, or suggest. You lack self-confidence and have other contol your decisions.

Proactive Decision-Making Style

You follow these guidelines when making decision.

You determine the decision to be made,
You make a list of actions you may take and evaluate those actions,
You evaluate the consequences of each possible action you might take,
You select an action to take,
You take responsibility for the consequences of your action.

People Pleaser:
A person who is more concerned about having the approval of oters thatn doing what (s)he believes to the best.
A people pleaser will place more emphasis on other people's opinions than their own.

Ending A Friendship When you end a friendship, avoid gossiping about your former friend. If you don't others will not be able to trust you.