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Wife
Daughter
Sister
Aunt
Friend
Coach
Teacher
Church member
Chef
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Babysitter
Therapist
Nurse
Accountant
Granddaughter
Daughter-in-law
Chaperone
Almost mother
Sister-in-law

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Role: a part you play in your relationship
Relationship: the bond or connection you
have with other people
◦ Acquaintances
◦ Friends
◦ Family

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Person #1 is the ONLY person who may talk,
but cannot touch anything!!
Person #2 CANNOT talk. He/she may only
use ONE hand and can only touch
marshmallows
Person #3 CANNOT talk. He/she may only
use ONE hand and can only touch toothpicks

6. 
Communication
◦ We will discuss all
about this next class
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Cooperation
◦ Working together for
the good of all
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Compromise
◦ Problem solving
method in which
each participant
gives up something
to reach a solution
that satisfies
everyone
◦ “Cheaper by the
Dozen”

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Respect for Self
◦ When you respect
yourself you are
more likely to seek
relationships where
others will treat you
with respect.
*BIG CONCEPT!!
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Respect for others
◦ Listen
◦ Considerate others
feelings
◦ Mutual trust: being
dependable
◦ Realistic in
expectations: cant
always be top priority

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Bullying:
◦ Deliberately harming
or threatening others
who cannot easily
defend themselves.
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Hazing:
◦ Making others
perform certain tasks
to join a group.

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Prejudice: unfair opinion or judgment of a
particular group of people.
Stereotype: exaggerated or oversimplified
belief about people who belong to a certain
group.

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Trustworthiness:
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◦ Do what you say you
will do
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Responsibility:
◦ Show sympathy
and/or empathy
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◦ borrow something, it
breaks, you replace
it.
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Fairness:
◦ take turns, share
Caring:
Citizenship:
◦ Be a good
neighbor, help by
shoveling walks, etc.
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Respect:
◦ Listen when someone
is talking

12. 1. Make a list of the most important people in
your lives.
2. Write down ways to show these people that
you care about them.
3. Write a list of things that you do that might
make these people feel like you don‟t care
about them.

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A way to gage the strength or weakness of
your relationship.
Much like a real checking/saving account at a
bank.
◦ As you make “DEPOSITS” the relationship
strengthens.
◦ When you make “WITHDRAWALS” the relationship
weakens

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We have a different “bank account” with
everyone we know.
◦ These relationships can be in the „positive‟ or the
„negative‟
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It requires conscious deposits in order to
maintain the relationship

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Deposits tend to evaporate or be forgotten
about.
Where withdrawals turn to stone (not
forgotten…harder to forget)
Too many withdrawals requires even more
deposits to bring the account back into the
positive.
We must continually make deposits if we want
our RBA to stay positive.

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Breaking promises
Gossiping about
others
Not listening
Being arrogant
Losing trust
Not fulfilling
expectations
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Asking for a curfew
extension
Borrowing the
car…again
Waiting to be told
to do something

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Understand the
individual
Small courtesies
and kindness
Keep our
commitments
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Clarify Expectations
Show Personal
Integrity
Use the most
important words

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Recognize what is
important to that
person and take
interest in it
Ex: Sam discusses
the stock market
with his dad who is
a stock-broker

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These are often
underrated, but
kind notes, winks,
hugs, etc quickly
add up in the RBA.
These small acts
demonstrate
appreciation

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Doing WHAT we say
we will WHEN we
say we will
Promising to be
somewhere & not
showing up =
withdrawal

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Critically important in
avoiding
contention, misunder
standings, & hurt
feelings
Don‟t read minds or
expect others to read
yours.
Ex: Moms idea of a
clean room might be
different than yours.

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Demonstrate
character in all your
actions &
relationships
Be trustworthy &
honest. Don‟t
gossip

23. 
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Small, but
important words
make all the
difference in a
relationship.
Ex: Please… Thank
you… I love you…
I‟m sorry… How can
I help…?