Transcript Maybe means maybe

Sometimes, Parents
Need Time to Think
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Message: Your relationship with your parents can and
will be very be challenging at times.
Respect your parent’s decisions and allow time for
decisions to be made. This includes when you ask
permission to partake in an activity.
When you ask your parents for permission to engage
in an activity, it isn’t always easy for them to decide
at that moment if you can engage in that activity.
Sometimes, Parent
Need Time to Think
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Your parents may be too busy to make a decision
when you ask. Give your parents time to think.
Why do parents need time to think about it?
Parents often need to think about whether there
are any risks involved for you.
When parents say “maybe,” give your parents time
to think and don’t engage in any behaviors that will
change their “maybe” to a “no” instead of a “yes.”
How to Ask for
Permission, Respectfully
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Use a “Soft Start-up.”
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Listen to what your parents are saying.
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If needed, ask calmly and respectfully for
clarification. Continue to use “I” statements.
Respect your parent’s decision and allow time for the
decision to be made.
How to Ask for
Permission, Respectfully
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Don’t engage in any behaviors that will change your
“maybe” to a “no”.
Understand that the more respectful, responsible,
and calm you are, the more likely your parent will say
yes. If not now, in the future.
Learning Objectives
for Today
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Understanding why your parents need time to think
after a request has been made and why they need
the time.
Understanding a) when your parents may say “yes”,
b) when they may say “no”, and c) when they may
say “maybe.”
Identifying some of your behaviors that are more
likely to change the “maybe” into a “no”.
It is now time
to engage in
the Activities