Zone 2: Parents, Caregivers, and Other Caring Adults

Choose Respect Family Pledge is a planned opportunity for families to spend special time together. The family time includes fun and a focus on the messages of Choose Respect. Parents and their teens talk from the heart about relationships in the family and with friends and pledge that their family will choose respect. Download PDF [281 KB]

Ringside Coach trains parents and others who care about young people to intervene and coach teens to a respectful resolution of problems. Anyone who works with teens has seen it—a conflict starts, and before you know it the situation is out of hand. What is an adult bystander to do? Download PDF [284 KB]

Choose Respect Parent Passport is a simple way to encourage parents to learn how to talk to their teens about respect. Parents earn prizes and stamps in their Choose Respect Passport when they complete a certain number of learning activities on their own and with their teens. Download PDF [853 KB]

Get Choose Respect Know How Now trains parents and adults who work with teens how to talk the talk and walk the walk of respect. Not only do they learn the right things to say to teens, they learn how to be role models for the teens in their lives. Download PDF [443 KB]

Next Question, Please allows an organization schedule an interview session between teens and their parents. Each parent and teen pair off and ask each other what qualities they look for in a friend or dating partner. Parents have a chance to talk honestly about what it means to give respect and how to get it from friends. In this group setting, the parent/teen pairs can also learn from the experiences of other families. Download PDF [294 KB]

Game On! is training just for coaches of school or youth sports. Coaches learn strategies to support healthy relationships among players on the field and on the streets. Download PDF [507 KB]

Respect Team allows teens score points for the way they react to referees, how they handle anger on the playing field, and how they show respect to teammates and opponents. Coaches of community, recreation league, or school teams set a tone of respect for the team, creating a team climate where healthy, respectful relationships are the norm—on and off the field. Download PDF [593 KB]

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