Youth then take a worksheet home, filling it out themselves and asking a parent or guardian to fill it out and discuss it with them. As part of a parenting workshop, parents could fill out the forms and discuss their values in the workshop, then take another worksheet home to fill out and ask their teen to fill it out and discuss it with them. Introduce the topic of values . Discuss how values are the principles that we believe in and that should guide our behavior. Say that values are learned, first from parents or other caregivers and then from others, including peers.
Adolescents often question or test the values they have learned from family.
Friends with different values, media messages, and developing intimate relationships all challenge youth and create opportunities for them to make responsible and healthy decisions about sexuality. Pass out to each participant a single copy of the handout, Talking about Sexuality and Values . Ask participants to estimate the age at which they feel each listed behavior is appropriate. Process the activity by collecting all the handouts. Using a blackboard or newsprint, ask the group to call out the age listed on the sheets for each behavior.