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:
(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:
(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:
(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:
(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:
(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.