Pressure to change boundaries

RSHE (PSHE)

Being an inclusive friend

Respecting boundaries in friendships

Mapping our boundaries

This unit teaches the importance of establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries in relationships. Pupils learn about being inclusive friends, respecting boundaries in friendships, resisting pressure to change boundaries and mapping their own personal boundaries across different relationships.

Healthy relationships: How can we have healthy boundaries?

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Depiction or discussion of peer pressure or bullying

something you can choose instead of something else

Sometimes we may experience peer pressure to change our boundaries.

Our boundaries are more important than those of other people.

If someone isn't respecting our boundaries, there is nothing we can do.

Everyone's boundaries are equally important and worthy of respect.

share images or videos that are embarrassing or make us feel uncomfortable

Sometimes we may experience peer pressure to ...

Match the behaviour with whether it is something a good friend would do or not.

If we’re online and we want to remove ourselves from a situation, we can {{}} someone who is putting us under peer pressure.

Just say no to someone trying to pressure us.

In some cases, we can suggest an alternative.

We must always explain our boundaries to someone trying to pressure us.

We can be kind but firm if someone doesn't know they are pressing our boundary.

in this context, something to do with ourselves

in this context, putting in effort to keep a relationship healthy

to treat someone worse because of their characteristics

A {{}} is an imaginary line separating what we will and won't allow.

It is a green flag if we feel free to state our boundaries in a friendship.

It is a red flag if we feel free to state our boundaries in a friendship.

The Equality Act 2010 only applies to a few groups of people.

We are all protected by the Equality Act 2010.

There are {{}} protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

marital status (being married/in a civil partnership)

Which of these are **not** protected characteristics?

Match the statement with whether it is a healthy or unhealthy boundary.

Pressure to change boundaries

Lesson outcome

Content guidance