no excuses!
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No Excuses!. Let’s get it started!. It’s common for kids to try to avoid taking responsibility for their actions, especially when the outcome is a negative one. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
No Excuses!
Let’s get it started!
• It’s common for kids to try to avoid taking responsibility for their actions, especially when the outcome is a negative one.
• Often kids believe that if they project blame onto someone or something else, this relieves them of the need to admit a mistake, as well as the need to solve the problem.
On your sheet of paper…
• Please write down three excuses that you have used recently.
Let’s try a little activity
• There will be an excuse on the board and then let’s try and come up with a way that re-state the excuse in a way them demonstrates taking responsibility.
It broke
She made me do it.
I can’t find it
He started it.
She was doing it, so I did it, too.
I can’t do it.
Discussion Questions
• Why do we use excuses?
• When you use a responsible statement, who is in control?
• Is it easier to make excuses or responsible statements? Why?
• Is it better to take responsibility and accept consequences or make an excuse to avoid consequences? Why?
• How can accepting responsibility help improve your schoolwork or your relationship with your friends?
Let’s wrap this up!