Values Help Us Make Values Help Us Make Important DecisionsImportant Decisions

Values Help Us Make Values Help Us Make Important DecisionsImportant Decisions

They help us decide-

• Right vs. Wrong• Good vs. Bad• Moral vs.

Immoral• Important vs.

Unimportant

THE GREAT DECISION MAKING MODELTHE GREAT DECISION MAKING MODEL

• Give thought to the problem

• Review your choices

• Evaluate the consequences of each choiceDon’t forget to Consider your Values

• Assess and choose the best choice (consider your values)

• Think it over afterward

EXAMPLEEXAMPLETHE PROBLEM: my friend is being abused

CHOICES : 1. I could do nothing 2. take her to the school counselor

3. tell my parents or her mother (any trusted adult)

THE CONS: 1. she will get mad at you 2. she will not trust you anymore 3. you could lose her friendship

THE PROS: 1. she will be safe 2. she will understand how much you care 3. she will get the help that she needs

CONSIDER YOUR VALUES: Responsibility, Respect, Love, Sincerity

DECIDE: I decide to take her to the counselor

Trouble RulesTrouble RulesA set of questions you ask

yourself when making a difficult decision to avoid

getting into trouble!.

• Is it against the law?

• Will someone in authority get mad?

• Could it cause harm?

• Is it against my values?

If your answer is yes to any of the trouble rules you should

say “NO”.

ScenarioScenarioYou are at a party and your friend who drove you

continues to drink throughout the night. It is now 1:30 a.m. and you are tired and want to go home. Most of your friends have already left the party. Your friend who has been drinking all night offers you a ride home. You are unsure about his sobriety at this point. He seems really drunk. You can smell the alcohol on his breath and he is slurring his words. You don’t have a driver’s license. The party is getting wilder and it doesn’t seem like you will be able to safely “crash” there. What do you decide to do?

Role PlaysRole Plays• A friend offers a ride to you & and other friend

who are walking to the beach. The car (not a van) already has 6 passengers. Without a ride you will have a two mile walk to the beach.

• Your best friend is mad at someone from school and wants to sneak out late one night to egg the person’s house. Your best friend wants you to come too.

More role plays -More role plays -

• You have math class first period. Your friend has it 4th period. He did not study for the test today. He asks you text message the answers to him.

• Your friend says she does not have enough money to buy a new pair of jeans. She wants you to help her shop lift the pants.