The Repair Work: teacher key
Arguing and Making Up, grade 8 edition, written for 8th grade. Fights between friends are normal, and repairing them takes skill. Read what research says about anger, listening and apologies that work.
Read the book. Print this page for the key.
Questions and answers
- What did the Kids Helpline survey find?
- Most friends never argue at all
- Most children fear every argument
- Most had fought with friends (answer)
- Why might friends argue more than nonfriends?
- They spend more time together (answer)
- They know far fewer other people
- They never agree on any games
- What does Kids Help Phone suggest after a fight?
- Staying silent for a week
- Meeting somewhere neutral (answer)
- Texting everyone about it
- What is perspective taking?
- Seeing another person's view (answer)
- Arguing until one side wins
- Taking a long break alone
- Why does "I made a mistake" work better than "Mistakes were made"?
- It says who is responsible (answer)
- It sounds much shorter
- It hides what happened
- What does forgiving someone not mean?
- Replacing negative feelings
- Forgetting what happened (answer)
- Letting anger go
Words
- empathy: understanding feelings
- perspective: point of view
- remorse: deep regret
- forgiveness: letting anger go
- genuine: real