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GMRC Game

This document discusses friendship and dating for students. It provides guidance for teachers to help students identify their friends and think about qualities of friendship. Students are asked to describe a friend without naming them. The document also defines dating as planning special activities with someone you care about. It suggests dates can involve similar activities to hanging out with friends but also discusses etiquette topics like who pays and appropriate behavior. Students are told dating may not be for them now but to talk to parents if they feel ready in the future.

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GMRC Game

This document discusses friendship and dating for students. It provides guidance for teachers to help students identify their friends and think about qualities of friendship. Students are asked to describe a friend without naming them. The document also defines dating as planning special activities with someone you care about. It suggests dates can involve similar activities to hanging out with friends but also discusses etiquette topics like who pays and appropriate behavior. Students are told dating may not be for them now but to talk to parents if they feel ready in the future.

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GMRC Game – Activity

Friendship
What is a friend? – Ask students about their ideas of a friend

Teacher Note: Be aware that some students may not be able to readily identify friends. Prepare
ahead of time by thinking about the reality of existing true friendships for all of your students.
You may want to make a list based on your perceptions so that you can make suggestions if
necessary.
A. Have each student close their eyes for a moment and think about their friends. (It may help if
you suggest they think about their last birthday party and who was invited.)
B. Give students a piece of paper and ask them to brainstorm and write down a list of friends
they have. Some lists will be long, others will be shorter. But each student should be able to
come up with at least one or two names.
C. Have students select one person from their list and, without giving the name, tell the class
about:  how they met their friend - how the friendship developed,  the qualities of that friend
that are important to them, and  examples of things they do together as friends and examples of
the things that they want to do with their friends.
D. If in case, the student and his/her friend fought over something, how should they react?
Should they try to make amends? How? Or should they end their friendship?

Dating
A. Ask students “What is a date?” Discuss that a date is “when you plan to do something with
someone you care about in an extra-special way. Sometimes you might have a friend who you
feel you have more than just a friendship with. Sometimes this person is called a boyfriend or
girlfriend, a partner, a companion, or a best friend. Sometimes, the person you have a date with
will be someone you already know as a friend. Sometimes, it may be someone you’ve just seen
around, someone you feel attracted to and would like to get to know better.”
B. Ask students “What do you do on a date?” Discuss that dates are very much like getting
together with friends. Many of the activities you would do with your friends would also be
appropriate date activities.
C. Date Etiquette. If students use the planning worksheet to prepare for a date, they should have
all the information they need. Some things about dates are a little different from getting together
with friends. These need additional consideration:
 the issue of who pays for a date;
 dressing and grooming;  practicing manners; and
 your family’s values and rules (and your own comfort) regarding romance: hand-holding,
kissing, and what other kinds of boyfriend/girlfriend behavior is and is not appropriate.
D. Considering Dating. Discuss with students that they may nor feel ready to date. At some time
in their life, though, they may find that they are attracted to someone else and would like to get
to know that person better. Then they might go out on a date. It’s a good idea to talk to a parent
or trusted adult if, or when, you feel ready to date. They can provide support and assistance as
students try out this exciting new type of relationship.

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