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• What are the four areas that change during adolescence?

Accepting Responsibility Accepting Responsibility

What is responsibility? What is responsibility?

• At your table, come up with a definition for responsibility.

What are responsibilities? What are responsibilities?

• Duties or jobs you must carry through

Who are you responsible to?Who are you responsible to?

• Yourself• Your family• Your friends• School• Community

Responsibilities to Yourself Responsibilities to Yourself

• Making decisions concerning your actions

• Accepting responsibility for your actions• Skills you develop• What are some consequences to

actions?

Excuses Excuses

• Takes these excuses and turn them around to take responsibility for the action.

1. It broke 2. You made me smoke that cigarette. 3. He started it.

Responsibilities at Home Responsibilities at Home

• Housework/chores

• Amount of responsibility you have is equal to how well you can handle the responsibilities you already have

• How can you prove you’re responsible? How is this useful?

Responsibilities at SchoolResponsibilities at School

Attendance Going to work

Punctuality

Homework

Participation

Following rules

Getting to work on time

Paying bills

Family/work

Obeying laws

What are some community What are some community and civic responsibilities? and civic responsibilities?

• Voting

• Community service

• Keeping community clean

Becoming IndependentBecoming Independent

• Independence – responsible for your own actions

• Provide for your own needs and wants

• Form your own identity

• How can you show others you are ready to be independent?

Exit SlipExit Slip

• On the back of your notes, draw a picture of what you think responsibility is

• Turn in

Extra Credit OpportunityExtra Credit Opportunity

• Create a responsibility game

• Worth 30 points