Healthy Relationships



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Healthy Relationships (Part 1 of 2)

  • Grade 8

Ground Rules

  • Giggling is OK
  • No names or specific examples of peers will be used in discussions.
  • Respect what others say
  • Understand others’ feelings
  • Discuss relationship topics responsibly outside the classroom
  • There are no dumb questions

What is a healthy relationship?

  • Throughout our lives, we are involved in many different kinds of relationships. These include:
  • Parents, siblings, relatives, friends, girlfriends, boyfriends, teachers and classmates
  • Healthy relationships can make us happier and add to our feelings of self-worth.
  • Throughout this presentation we will explore what affects online and offline relationships. We will be going back and forth between talking about online relationships and offline relationships.*
  • From: MLHU Healthy Relationships Webpage

Healthy Relationships Start With Yourself

  • When you are happy with yourself and confident, others will be drawn to you
  • We all have talents, strengths and parts of our personality that are great
  • We all have things we want to work on – no one is perfect

Healthy Relationships Start With Yourself

  • It’s good to see yourself in a positive way
  • Thinking negatively about yourself can make you feel upset.

Looking at Myself Activity

  • Write three words that people could use to describe you in a positive way
  • Examples: trustworthy, honest, self-reliant, kind
  • My favourite pastime when school is over is to _______________________________.

Media’s Influence

  • Let’s talk about the ways the media* can affect the way we:
    • Think about ourselves/others
    • Feel about ourselves/others
    • Act around others

Stereotypes

  • Let’s look further into some of the ways media affects our views on relationships.
  • Do you think:
  • Girls only like guys who are the life of the party?
  • Guys only like girls who are flirty?
  • To fit in you have to have a girlfriend or boyfriend?
  • Adapted from: OPHEA Healthy and Physical Education – Grade 7

Stereotypes Continued

  • Do only popular people have lots of friends on social media?
  • Are there differences between “online friends” and “offline friends”?
  • People who have lots of posts online are popular
  • Adapted from: OPHEA Healthy and Physical Education – Grade 7

Healthy Relationships

  • In a healthy relationship:
  • Both people want to be in the relationship
  • Both people feel good (brings out the best in each other)
  • Each partner helps the other partner out when they need it
  • Both people are comfortable being themselves
  • Each partner brings out the positives in the other (talents, strengths) to be a better person

Healthy Relationships Cont’d

  • People in Healthy Relationships:
  • Talk with each other easily
  • Trust each other
  • Respect each other
  • Are honest
  • Laugh together
  • Accept differences
  • Share similar interests
  • Are able to respectfully work through disagreements

Healthy Relationships Cont’d

  • What else makes a healthy relationship?
  • Can you think of more examples of what makes a healthy relationship?
  • What would be an example of an unhealthy relationship?
  • What is important to you in a relationship?
  • What are some ways people can show these qualities in a relationship?

Healthy Relationships Cont’d

  • If you have feelings of uncertainty, doubt, or fear about a relationship, it is important to recognize and act on these feelings
  • Don’t force yourself to be in a relationship you don’t want to be in

How Could You Start a Positive Friendship or Relationship?

  • Showing the other person that you are interested in getting to know them (e.g. smiling, laughing, listening to them)
  • Talk about interests and find what things you have in common (e.g. likes playing soccer, starting to play an instrument, interested in the same type of music)
  • Adapted from: Grade 7 Growth and Development Unit 4, Appendix U, p. 213

How Could You Start a Positive Friendship or Relationship? Cont’d

  • If you share common interests and like each others’ company then you could get to know each other better by:
    • Hanging out together
    • Texting or talking on the phone
    • Connecting on social media*
    • Can you think of any more?
    • As relationships progress, people become more comfortable with expressing themselves and not being afraid of judgement
    • Adapted from: Grade 7 Growth and Development Unit 4, Appendix U, p. 213

Wrapping Up

  • Remember:
  • A healthy relationship starts with how you feel about yourself.
  • Be aware of how media messages can affect how you feel about yourself and your relationships is important.
  • Be true to yourself and keep people in your life who make you feel good.
  • If you are having concerns about a friendship or relationship talk to someone you trust.

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