saying “no”
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Saying “No”. RESISTING INTERNAL PRESSURES. Where does pressure come from?. Ads / TV Friends Yourself Adults / Family. What do pressures SOUND like?. PAUL’S FIX: Cast of characters. PAUL – boy who wants help to get out of a fix JAMES – Paul’s brother RICK – Paul’s friend - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Saying “No”
RESISTING INTERNAL PRESSURES
Where does pressure come from?
Ads / TV
Friends
Yourself
Adults / Family
What do pressures
SOUND like?
PAUL’S FIX: Cast of characters
PAUL – boy who wants help to get out of a fix
JAMES – Paul’s brother
RICK – Paul’s friend
ANDY – Older boy who offers Paul a cigarette
MIKE & TYLER – Andy’s friends
Why is it hard / not hard to say “no”?
WAYS OF SAYING NOSIMPLY SAY “NO”
GIVE A REASON
GIVE AN ALTERNATIVE
STAND UP TO PRESSURE
LEAVE THE SCENE
AVOID THE SCENE
THREE WAYS PAUL SAID NO
“No, thanks” (simply said no)
“No, if I start, I’ll never stop” (Give a reason)
“No thanks, man” “Yeah well my mom smoked for like twenty years and now she’s got lung cancer” (Stand up to pressure)