Relationships: Dating, Family & Friends Quiz

  • Raising your voice when arguing with your partner is normal.

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    Raising your voice when arguing with your partner is normal.
    The answer is false. You answered it correctly!incorrectly!

    Healthy communication in relationships and with friends is important. Let one person talk at a time and listen to them, then respond. 

  • It is normal for teenagers with a sibling who is different from the “norm” to feel guilty and/or embarrassed.

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    It is normal for teenagers with a sibling who is different from the “norm” to feel guilty and/or embarrassed.
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    Teenagers with siblings who are different from the “norm” are likely to experience a wide range of emotions such as guilt, sadness and/or embarrassment. Strategies that can be used to control these emotions include recording feelings in a journal, talking to a trusted adult, and/or meeting with a certified mental health professional, such as a therapist. 

  • Being a good friend means being trustworthy, supportive, valuing and being there for one another.

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    Being a good friend means being trustworthy, supportive, valuing and being there for one another.
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    Doing all those things as a friend but also making sure you are receiving that from your friends is important. It also shows that you have mutual respect. 

  • After dating someone for a while, you have to become sexually intimate with him/her.

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    After dating someone for a while, you have to become sexually intimate with him/her.
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    Two people should not engage in sexual intimacy until both partners are ready. A relationship where one person pressures the other to be sexually intimate is not healthy. 

  • When parents divorce, kids are often to blame.

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    When parents divorce, kids are often to blame.
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    Children are never at fault because parents divorce – even if they were hoping it would happen. Parents are ultimately responsible for how they want to deal with each other and the stressors that come up in their lives and in their marriage. It is easy for kids to blame themselves for their parents’ separation or divorce – but the fact is that children are not to blame.