Understanding Relationship Expectations
A worksheet for 7th graders to explore and understand healthy relationship expectations in various contexts.
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Understanding Relationship Expectations
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Think about what makes a relationship healthy and respectful.
1. Which of the following is a sign of a healthy relationship?
One person always makes all the decisions.
Both people listen to each other and compromise.
Arguments are always avoided at all costs.
Friends are discouraged from spending time with others.
2. What is an example of a reasonable expectation in a friendship?
Your friend should always agree with you.
Your friend will keep your secrets.
Your friend should spend all their free time with you.
Your friend should always buy you gifts.
3. Good communication involves both speaking and .
4. Respect in a relationship means valuing another person's feelings, thoughts, and .
5. It is healthy to expect your friends to always agree with your opinions.
True
False
6. Setting boundaries in a relationship is a sign of disrespect.
True
False
7. Describe one way to communicate your expectations effectively in a friendship.
Match each term on the left with its definition on the right.
8. Trust
a. The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
9. Empathy
b. Belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone.
10. Compromise
c. An agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.