Respecting Yourself and Others (1:36)
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You can promote healthy relationships by showing respect for yourself and others in your life.
personal identity
values
prejudice
stereotype
tolerance
bullying
hazing
Respect for Yourself
Self-respect will strengthen your relationships.
When you respect yourself, you’re more likely to seek out relationships with people who treat you with respect.
Respect for Yourself
Having self-respect is an important foundation for developing and maintaining healthy relationships.
Self-respect makes you less likely to let other people talk you into taking risks that could harm your health.
The Need for Strong Values
When you are clear about your values and uphold your values, other people will know what you believe in and understand what’s important to you.
You also show that you respect yourself and you respect others.
Respect for Others
It’s important to treat people with respect.
You can strengthen your relationships with all the people in your life by treating them with the same respect you’d like them to show you.
Respect for Others
With strangers and casual acquaintances, you can show respect through common courtesy.
You might hold a door open for someone or say “Thank you” to the checker at the grocery store.
Respect for Others
With close friends and family members, you can show respect in more significant ways.
Listen to other people.
Be considerate of others’ feelings.
Develop mutual trust.
Be realistic in your expectations.
Respect for Others
Lending your MP3 player to your brother is one way to show that you trust him.
Tolerance
Sometimes people treat others with disrespect because of prejudice.
PrejudiceAn unfair opinion or judgment of a particular group of people
Tolerance
Assuming that all boys like sports is an example of a gender stereotype.
StereotypeAn exaggerated or oversimplified belief about people who belong to a certain group
Tolerance
People who have tolerance value diversity and can appreciate differences in other people’s cultures, interests, and beliefs.
ToleranceThe ability to accept others’ differences
Disrespectful Behaviors
Victims of bullying are verbally, emotionally, and sometimes physically abused.
BullyingDeliberately harming or threatening other people who cannot easily defend themselves
Disrespectful Behaviors
Bullies may tease their victims, spread rumors about them, try to keep them out of a group, or even physically attack them.
Bullies are more likely to drop out of school and to have problems with alcohol or violence.
Disrespectful Behaviors
Bullies may intimidate through verbal attacks, malicious rumors, or even physical force.
Disrespectful Behaviors
Hazing is often meant to humiliate new members of a group. It can be physically or emotionally harmful.
HazingMaking others perform certain tasks in order to join the group
After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary
Listen to others, be considerate of others’ feelings, develop mutual trust, and be realistic in your expectations.
1. Identify four ways to show respect in your relationships.
After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary
2. What are stereotypes?
Stereotypes are exaggerated or oversimplified beliefs about people who belong to a certain group.
After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary
3. List three reasons some teens bully others.
To make themselves feel superior, to feel they are part of a group, to keep from being bullied themselves
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