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Get talking

Do you throw a screaming fit if you
don't get your own way? Or do you stop
talking to everyone for a week? Try this
quick quiz and find out if you are good at
talking about feelings.

1 You are moving house and you have to go to a new school. Your Mum is worried about how you will cope and keeps asking. Do you:
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(a) Say you're fine (even if you're not). You don't want to worry her even more.
(b) Tell her to stop going on about it and leave you alone.
(c) Say you're glad she's asked you and tell her there are things you are a bit worried about.
2 Since your Mum and Dad split up, your Mum has become a lot stricter than she was. When Dad lived with you, you used to go to the cinema on Saturday evenings with your mates. Now you're not allowed out at all. Do you:
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(a) Stay in and Sulk
(b) Yell "I hate living with you, I'm going to live with Dad!'
(c) Try and talk to your Mum and ask her to help you understand why you were allowed out before and not now. Try and show her that although things have changed, you haven't . You can be trusted as you were before.
3 Every time you come back from a weekend at your Mum's, your dad tries to find out how she is getting on with her new boyfriend. Do you:
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(a) Make up stories that things aren't going well even if they are
(b) Tell him to stop hassling you and storm off
(c) Explain to him why talking about it makes you feel uncomfortable
4 You go and stay with your Dad every weekend. You get on well but often miss out on what your friends are doing. Do you:
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(a) Continue going to your Dad's as usual. You don't want to hurt his feelings
(b) Don't turn up on the weekends that your friends are doing something more exciting
(c) Explain to your Dad that even though you still want to see him, you'd like to see your mates sometimes too.
5 Your stepsister is driving you crazy, taking your things or borrowing your clothes without telling you. Do you:
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(a) Put up with it: you don't want to cause a row.
(b) Lock everything up and threaten to do something nasty to her.
(c) Ask her to imagine how she'd feel if you did it to her.
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how did you score?
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mostly as mostly bs mostly cs
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