1. Chapter 6: Skills For Healthy Relationships

2. Lesson 1: Foundations of a Healthy Relationship
A relationship is a bond or connection you have with someone
Most people think of
relationships as romantic, but
there is many types
Relationships can affect your health in ways that can be positive and negative

3. The types of relationships you can have is:
Family
Friends
Teachers
Classmates
People in community
Etc.

4. Relationships with your family is very important
One thing special about having a good relationship with your family is that it lasts forever

5. Healthy family relationships strengthen every side of your health triangle
Friendship is all about trust, caring, and consideration between 2 people
Relationships can have a positive influence on your self-esteem and can help resist harmful behaviors
There are different roles you can play in a relationship

7. Lesson 2: Respecting Yourself and Others
You need self respect so people will treat you with respect and have healthy relationships
Being unsure of your values can complicate relationships
Upholding your values shows that you respect yourself
Treat everyone with respect

8. With friends and family there is many ways you can show respect
Listen to other people
Be considerate of others’ feelings
Develop mutual trust
Be realistic in your expectations
Sometimes people treat others with disrespect because of prejudice
People who are tolerant value diversity

9. A disrespectful behavior is something like bullying someone

10. WORDS HURT!! Bullying can cause people to do harm to themselves
Teens who are bullied are most likely to drop out of school
Hazing activities may be physically or emotionally harmful
Most people bully others to feel better about themselves
WORDS HURT!!

12. Lesson 3: Communicating Effectively
People can be aggressive in relationships
Some may not care about anyone but themselves
You can be passive and not express their feelings or thoughts
You can be assertive also, by expressing views respectfully

13. Communication skills is a very important role
in a relationship, you shouldn’t hide stuff
With communication comes
listening skills
Show people around you that
you care
Nonverbal communication is body language
Your tone of voice could show a lot about how you are feeling

14. Show the people around you that you appreciate them
You have to be able to talk and share feelings with your relationship
COMMUNICATION IS KEY IN A RELATIONSHIP
Sometimes you use body language without even realizing it