Consequences

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• Consequences

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Learning objectives

• Understanding choices - how your actions affect
  you and others round you
• Understanding the consequences of choices,
  particularly the consequences of running away. 
• Appreciating the role of communication in
  resolving differences.
• Learning how to negotiate and to make
  compromises.

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What are choices?

• We have to make choices every day of our lives.
• We make a choice when we decide to take one
  course of action rather than another.
• All choices have consequences.

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What kind of choices do you make every day?

• Shower or bath?
• Shorts or trousers?
• Toast or cereal?
• Walk to school or cycle?
• Pen or pencil?
• Football or athletics?
• Eastenders or Neighbours?

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Different kinds of choices

• Some choices are harder than others
• Some choices have more serious consequences

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How to make choices

• If you are not sure about which choice to take,
  follow these steps
• Stop
• Think
• Consider your options
• Think about what the consequences of each of the
  options might be
• Make your choice.

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What would you do?

• Scenario 1
• A friend has some cigarettes. They want you
  to try them together. You do not want to.
• Do you
• a) smoke the cigarette. You do not want to look
  stupid in front of your friend.
• b) refuse the cigarette?

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What would you do?

• Scenario 2
• You are at your friends house and they are in
  the bath. You see their diary open on their bed.
  Do you
• a) read through as much of the diary as you can
  before your friend comes back
• b) leave the room until your friend is out of
  the bath

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What would you do?

• Scenario 3
• You are one of the last people to leave your
  school playground one day and you see a younger
  pupil being bullied by some older children. Do
  you
• a) keep walking it is not your problem
• b) tell a teacher?

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Consequences running away

• The consequences of running away from home can
  be very serious.
• You may
• Be a victim of crime
• Get involved in committing crime
• Have health problems
• Find it hard to go home, because you might be in
  trouble
• Get suspended from school.

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Choices case study

• Jasmine is 12 years old. Recently she has been
  having some problems at school. Some of the
  other girls have been calling her names and one
  of them even hit her last week. They have told
  her that they will do something worse if she
  tells anybody.

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Choices case study

• Jasmine feels too scared to talk to her parents.
  Also, she feels that they only have time for her
  little brother and that they do not care that
  much about her. She feels like she cannot bear
  another day at school and she has started to
  think about running away from home.

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Consequences quiz - results

• Mostly As You give little or no consideration
  to the consequences of most of the choices you
  have to make. You need to address that before
  you get yourself into some serious trouble
  through a bad choice. Remember, Stop think
  consider your options think about what the
  consequences of each of the options might be
  make your choice.
• Mostly Bs You have a balanced approach to
  making choices. You are laid back enough to
  enjoy yourself but you consider consequences of
  your choices enough to avoid trouble in most
  cases. Keep it up.
• Mostly Cs Wow, you really do consider your
  choices and their consequences before you make a
  decision! You are extremely conscientious and the
  consideration you give to decisions is admirable,
  but you might want to try to relax a little you
  might enjoy yourself more!

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Remember

• We all have to make choices every day in our
  lives.
• Some of these choices are harder than others.
• All choices have outcomes, or consequences.
• Some consequences are good and some are bad.
  This is why it is so important to consider all
  our choices very carefully before taking any
  action, to make sure that we make the right
  choice for ourselves and for the people around
  us.
• If you are not sure about which choice to take,
  follow these steps
• Stop
• Think
• Consider your options
• Think about what the consequences of each of the
  options might be
• Make your choice.