Saying “No”

RESISTING INTERNAL PRESSURES

Where does pressure come from?

Ads / TV

Friends

Yourself

Adults / Family

What do pressures

SOUND like?

PAUL’S FIX: Cast of characters

PAUL – boy who wants help to get out of a fix

JAMES – Paul’s brother

RICK – Paul’s friend

ANDY – Older boy who offers Paul a cigarette

MIKE & TYLER – Andy’s friends

Why is it hard / not hard to say “no”?

WAYS OF SAYING NOSIMPLY SAY “NO”

GIVE A REASON

GIVE AN ALTERNATIVE

STAND UP TO PRESSURE

LEAVE THE SCENE

AVOID THE SCENE

THREE WAYS PAUL SAID NO

“No, thanks” (simply said no)

“No, if I start, I’ll never stop” (Give a reason)

“No thanks, man” “Yeah well my mom smoked for like twenty years and now she’s got lung cancer” (Stand up to pressure)