Discussion Questions: Teacher Copy With Guidelines for Answers
- What is a social boundary?
- What is privacy?
- Describe how you would achieve privacy in your bedroom and/or
- What qualities do you value about yourself?
- What are three different ways to work out disagreements with another person?
- Describe two ways other than hugging and kissing that your family shows their love for
- What is a mutual relationship?
- How will you decide if a person is trustworthy enough to have as a dating or romantic relationship? Accept all reasonable answers that include the following elements or examples: have spent a lot of time together, do not hurt each other on purpose, respect boundaries of touch, talk and trust, the certainty of personal
- Do you have to feel the same closeness to each family member?
- Is it OK to cross a social boundary?
- If you said, “Yes”, when it is OK?
- Can you make boundaries for yourself? Why is it important to have boundaries?
- What is a friend?
- Can you have more than one best friend?
- Do you like all of your friends the same amount?
- Is acting friendly the same as being a friend?
- What are the signals that show that a person wants permission to become closer to you?
- What are three signals that a person does NOT want to get to know you better or spend more time with you?
- How can you tell if a person is getting too close to you without your permission?
- What should you do if that happens?
- Are you acquainted with people of diverse religious, cultural, racial, and other groups that contribute to your community?
- Name a few of these diverse
- List three subjects that are considered small
- In an emergency whom would you go to or trust outside of your immediate family?
- Who teaches children about social boundaries?
- What is a stranger?
- Are they good or bad?
- When is it OK to be touched by, talk to, or offer trust to a stranger?
- Who can help you decide?
Accept any reasonable answer that includes the elements of outer edge of acceptable social behavior: touch, talk, trust with other people.
Accept all reasonable answers that include closing the doors, covering any windows, expecting others to knock and wait to be asked to come in and negotiating time with a roommate for personal privacy.
Accept all reasonable answers or examples of compromise, negotiation, turn-taking, trial and error, or getting help from an outside mediator.
Accept all reasonable answers that refer to character traits rather than accomplishments, such as honesty, loyalty, kindness, cheerfulness, and generosity, instead of perfect attendance, participation on a team, etc.
Accept all reasonable answers or examples of compromise, negotiation, turn-taking, trial and error, listening, or getting help from an outside mediator.
Accept all reasonable answers and examples, such as celebrating your birthday or personal accomplishments, taking you out for Chinese food, proving food, clothing or shelter, and teaching you manners.
Accept all reasonable answers and examples that reflect joint decision-making that is beneficial to both parties and touch, talk and trust that is agreeable to both parties at the same time and place.
Self-explanatory: Accept Yes or No, with NO being the more sophisticated answer.
Self-explanatory: Accept Yes or No with Yes being the more sophisticated answer.
Accept all reasonable answers or examples that reflect understanding of special occasion, mutual benefit, emergency, personal care, and short-term necessity.
Accept all reasonable answers…
Accept all reasonable answers and examples that reflect an understanding of these concepts: a friend does not get paid to spend time with you, you like each other and enjoy each other’s company, have common interests, and have fun together
Self-explanatory: Accept Yes or No with a reasonable explanation.
Self-explanatory: Accept Yes or No with a reasonable explanation.
Self-explanatory: Accept Yes or No with a reasonable explanation.
Accept all reasonable answers or examples that show a person makes an invitation or offer of closeness in touch, talk or trust and then waits for a positive or negative response to that action and respects the decision of the other person about whether this is the right time to get closer.
Accept all reasonable answers or examples that indicate that overtures of closeness in touch, talk, or trust are refused. For example, the person refuses to go out with you for a soda or coffee or does not return phone calls.
Accept all reasonable answers or examples that show the person does not accept the previously agreed-upon boundaries of touch, talk, and trust. The person continues to make overtures even after they have been refused more closeness.
Accept all reasonable answers or examples that contain appropriate assertiveness, such as firmly and politely reviewing the boundaries that are acceptable, and if safety is a factor, indicate getting help from a trusted adult.
Accept either yes or no
Accept all reasonable answers and examples that identify religious, ethnic, racial, or cultural groups in a respectful manner.
Accept all reasonable answers and examples such as the weather, sports, TV programs, movies, or shared situations, such as work or school.
Accept all reasonable answers and examples that indicate a responsible adult category or the name of a specific person known by the program participant, my parents, my teacher, Ms. Jones, or a community helper or service provider appropriate to the situation.
Accept all reasonable answers that indicate it is a member of the child’s supervisory family, such as the mother, father, foster parent, or guardian or the teachers at the school the child attends.
Accept all reasonable answers and examples that indicate the common quality that strangers are UNKNOWN to the person. Indicate that the program participant cannot tell if a stranger is good or bad, since the participant does not know anything about the stranger.
Explain that we cannot tell when a person if a person is good or bad by looking at them.
Accept all reasonable answers and examples that indicate an understanding of the role of service providers, community helpers, or health workers who may be unknown to you, but must touch, talk to you and have your trust to carry out their business or the job they do for you.
Accept all reasonable answers or examples that indicate that parents and teachers are the best sources of advice, but that there are other trusted adults in a person’s life who may also assist, such as a neighbor, guidance counselor, older brother, or sister.