Ways can you react to teasing and putdowns!
1. Do little or __(nothing, ignore)__________.
-don’t react
Example: If someone calls you “four eyes’, what would you do using this strategy?
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2. Agree.
Example: If someone says to you, “That was a dumb joke”, what would you say back to
them using this strategy?
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3. Distract or _(change the subject)________________.
-talk about something different.
Example: If someone says to you, “Ha, ha, you did terrible on that test”, what would you
say back to them using this strategy?
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4. Laugh or __(joke)____________.
Example: If someone says to you, “You are an awful football player, you could not even
catch that ball”, using this strategy, what could you say back to them.
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5. Stay ____(away)___________.
-just walk away.
Example: If someone calls you a “loser”, using this strategy, what would you do?
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