OKAY, NOW...TRY THE 3D'S APPROACH ON THESE SCENARIOS:
You absolutely love action in school drama productions. But play rehearsals are schedules for the same time as track practice, which you also love.
What do you do?
Your folks have strict rules about using the computer. There are sites you're allowed to visit on the Internet and others that you shouldn't. You've also been warned a thousand times about never putting personal information on the web. A bunch of your friends just found a cool new web site and want to post some funny pictures taken at your recent birthday party. They're pressuring you big time, saying there's nothing to worry about because your parents will never find out.
What do you do?
Your best friend is having a party Saturday night. Her parents will be away for the weekend. Her older sister's in charge, and she's agreed to buy the alcohol.
What do you do?
As you can see from the above scenarios, making decisions isn't always easy. At times, it can be very stressful. Especially when others are pressuring you to do something you really don't want to do.
To understand more about this special type of pressure, read on.....
Lesson Progress
- Introduction to Decision Making
- The 3 D'S of decision making
- Decide, act, and evaluate
- Try the 3D's approach on these scenarios
- Peer Pressure
- How can peer pressure be positive?
- Negative Peer Pressure
- So what does this all mean ?
- How to handle negative peer pressure
- Other things to try
- How to be assertive and say no
- More ways to say no