1. Healthful Friendships Chapter 2 Lesson 3

2. Healthful Friendships Healthful Friendship: A stable relationship that supports mutual respect and healthful behavior What does the statement “a balanced friendship is built on give-and-take” mean?

3. Healthful Friendships Qualities shared in healthful relationships: Trust Reliability Empathy Caring Respect Healthful Friendship

4. Healthful Friendships Tips for meeting people and making new friends. Start a conversation Offer someone help Join a school club or community group Do volunteer work

5. Healthful Friendships Pick one of the following options (20 points each): Write a personal ad for a “teens seeking teens” column in which you identify the traits you are looking for in a friend and describe the actions you will take to develop a healthy relationship In a group of 2 or 3, improvise a skit showing a teenager taking healthful actions to make new friends.

6. Responding to Peer Pressure Assertive Behavior: The honest expression of thoughts, feelings and emotions without experiencing anxiety or threatening others. Positive peer pressure Examples? Negative peer pressure Examples?

7. Responding to Peer Pressure Protecting yourself from Negative Peer Pressure Make responsible decisions Use resistance skills Avoid being a people pleaser End relationships with peers who pressure you to choose irresponsible behaviors and decisions.