Hearing about what a savvy parent was encouraging her middle school kids to say if they were feeling strongly about standing up for what they believed and for rooting for someone insulted, I shared the following. Any dicey topics (Level 3 I call them as I've made up basic categories of Level 1, 2, 3, and 4 etc) to give examples of ways to frame social interactions and conversations in person, on the phone, with email or in writing or other documents (such as legal statements or court documents, etc.)
Everyone can be informed early and often that life can have twists and turns.Whatever
